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On 26 Aug 2003 at 23:09, Christine Gray wrote:

> When I recently referred to research
> on
> the value of honey in healing (as circumstantial evidence there is
> something
> in floral honey that is not in sugar honey)  ....

   Christine, or Robin, or whoever...

    Get this and get this clear: WE DO NOT PRODUCE SUGAR
HONEY!

    Quit muddying the discussion with your muddy thinking.

   By your constant harping, you make honey less saleable. People
ask me. "Do you feed sugar to your bees?"  Of course I do, if they
need it. I will not lie to them. But the feeding is NOT done when
they are producing honey. It is done in the winter, or during a long
period of adverse weather, or when they are contract pollinating a
crop which does not produce honey. It is when bees are threatened
with starvation, not when they are producing.  Or it is done when
additional bees are being raised (just like the cattleman needs his
cows to produce calves).  Again, this is not a honey producing
situation.

   Sadly enough some customers cannot comprehend the
difference, partly because folks like you keep muddying the water
with your comments about "sugar honey."

   And what is good for humans (healthwise) is not really relevant to
what is good for bees.

   You make some good points at times. We do have to seek
alternatives to pesticides, not only for our bees, but all throughout
agriculture.

     But on this issue you are just harping, not helping.


Dave Green   SC  USA
The Pollination Home Page:  http://pollinator.com

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