>I always perk up my ears when Gene Robinson has something to say. One
would reason that honey would be better for bees than cane sugar, and
especially HFCS, but I never saw evidence of it. On the contrary,
beekeepers have fed cane sugar for decades.
I was curious as to the type of honey that the researchers had fed, so
asked them. It was local soybean honey. I pointed out that this may have
been an odd choice, since the European Honey Bee did not evolve with any
exposure to soy nectar. I encouraged them to test for effects from other
honeys to see whether they get similar results.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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