In a message dated 98-03-17 11:18:03 EST, you write: << Once upon a time, I've read some postings about waste candy feeding for bees. In South Korea, sugar price is now very high due to very difficult economic situation. So I'm very interested in waste candy from candy factory because I think waste cany will be cheap.>> A number of US beekeepers have used the peppermint candy that was sold as surplus, when the government phased out a lot of old fallout shelters. The hard candy worked very well as a supplemental feed. A lot was used in cattle feed also. I would appreciate it if you give me any comments on the followings. 1) Sugar type used in candy factory>> Don't use any chocolate. The bees can't metabolize the fat. We have a local factory, and I could get their waste very cheap. But they won't separate the chocolate. <<2) Is there any effective method to remove the coloring dye of waste candy ?>> Why? The dye won't hurt them. You aren't planning to make "honey" at the same time, are you? That would be an adulteration, which would be illegal here. I don't know about your laws, but would not consider it ethical. I see nothing wrong with feeding bees through the lean times when there is no nectar. But it certainly grates on me to see feeder pails on hives in the orange groves during the orange flow. This may be the reason for some of the superlight orange "honey" you see on the market, with almost no pollen apparent, when you look through it. An acquaintance fed a lot of Nestle's "Quick" to his bees, then used the dye as a marker, to study various things about the bees' anatomy and physiology. He fed in open feeders, and had a neighbor ask what was the awful-tasting red syrup the bees were processing. He did not 'fess up. Never said a word..... [log in to unmask] Dave Green Hemingway, SC USA The Pollination Scene: http://users.aol.com/pollinator/polpage1.html Jan's Sweetness and Light Shop (Varietal Honeys and Beeswax Candles) http://users.aol.com/SweetnessL/sweetlit.htm