>Dear Bee-L'ers: > > As you know from previous discussions on the list, we feed whatever we >can get the cheapest, and we are always looking for bargains. We've used >granulated sugar, brown sugar, confectioners sugar, corn syrup, sucrose >syrup, hard peppermint candy, Nestle's Quick, you-name-it. > > Well, we just had a wreck upstate and we went up and bought a >tractor-trailer load of NutraSweet at salvage prices. We've been really tickl >ed at the bargain brought about by someone else's misfortune, but then we got >to thinking: Will NutraSweet hurt the bees? Anybody with any experience, or >would like to comment? > >[log in to unmask] >Dave Green PO Box 1215, Hemingway, SC 29554 Nutrasweet is a tripeptide (made of 3 amino acids). It was designed to bind to your tastebuds and think that you are eating something sweet. It is not a carbohydrate (like sugar) and will not suffice as a supplemental feed for your bees. It is probably equivalent to feeding them water! David Bernard email address: [log in to unmask] NIH, NCHGR BLD 49, Room 4A83 (301) 496-3798