The consumed syrup is not simply contained within the bees.
I am not a biologist, but there is little residue in bee output, the sugar would bemetabolized and released largely as co2 and h2o, the additional water in thesyrup evaporated.
Someone else, with more biology and chemistry care to comment?
From: Dennis LaMonica <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 10:39 PM
Subject: [BEE-L] Weight of Bee Packages and Quality Control
For the last couple of years, we have been conducting a survey of the
weight of the package bees that were picked up by various beeks in this
area from a various suppliers.
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