The results of the sugar syrup dilution study are surprising.  He compared
syrups in the range of 50% sugar down to 43%.
That's not much difference to get the surprisingly different results in
colony performance that he recorded!
And what's unfortunate is that he hadn't expanded that range, since he
didn't find an asymptote -- would even lower dilutions have continued to
improve performance?

Re GOX - H2O2, the authors of the study concluded that "no difference in
the GOX content and the level of H2O2 was found between natural honeys and
bee-processed syrups."

I myself often feed syrup diluted to less than 50% for stimulation, but
have never collected data, since we don't need to stimulate that often, and
feed more to avert starvation due to unexpected weather or failure of
expected bloom.

Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
530 277 4450
ScientificBeekeeping.com

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