> BTW, HFCS 45 is nothing but a type that has fewer solids than HFCS 55.
>Therefore it is always less expensive. However, the bees need to spend more
>energy to convert HFCS 45 to a usable form than the energy needed for HFCS
>55, so on an equivilent energy basis, HFCS 55 usually (always?) works out to
>be a less expensive feed.
45 has less fructose than 55. Fructose is what helps prevent it from
crystallizing...honeys with high fructose % don't readily crystallize, either.
You will probably be sorry if you feed 45. It will crystallize so fast,
that the bees won't be able to empty the feeders.
Mike