Stefan Stangaciu wrote:
   In order to give energy, warmness for example, not only dynamic
 
> energy, a cell or a group of cells needs also enzymes, vitamins, trace
> elements.
>
>     Refined sugar has NOTHING from the above mentioned elements my dear
> friends... and it is a "foreign" substance (a "non-self" if you want)
> from the evolution point of view.
 
It is for this reason that bees store not only honey (energy source) but also
pollen as a source of protein, vitamins and minerals for their total metabolic
needs.  For energy, sugars will do just fine, and are what they normally
collect anyway.
 
Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA