Hi, Jerry,
 
>Thanks for the response.  Funny, we placed glucose in the feeders in the
>yard where we train bees to the feeders and they gobbled the glucose like
>it was the best stuff they had found - any comments?  Jerry
 
   Sorry, I have no answer to that one, except that one must first attend
to what Nature reveals --- as in your experience --- rather than rely on
theory or experts!
 
                                                        Adrian
 
 
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