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Rick Green <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:42:28 EST
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In "Hive and the Honey Bee" it says that ...invertase is added to honey by
honey bees to convert the sucrose found in nectar to dextrose and levulose.
The result is a more stable, higher-solid product which increases the
efficency of the ripening process.

What exactly does that mean...is there less sugar loss during evaporation, or
what?
Is there a chemistry-oriented beekeeper out there who knows?

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