Several beekeepers who have purchased corn syrup from one source have had problems with some barrels. Last week, I had one barrel that the bees simply would not touch. It was partially crystallized; the crystalized part was hard as a rock. There is no way, that the bees will touch it. If you spray them with it, the next day they will have white powder on their backs, where it has dried without being licked off. One of the beekeepers thinks it is "sorbital" rather than corn syrup. We are going to have to do some backtracking to see how this could have gotten mixed in with a load of corn syrup. I don't know anything about it. It tastes like corn syrup to me, but obviously not to the bees. It doesn't seem to have hurt them, except for not getting needed feed at a time when some hives were close to starvation. Can anyone provide more info? [log in to unmask] Dave Green, PO Box 1200, Hemingway, SC 29554