In message <[log in to unmask]>, Coleene E. Davidson <[log in to unmask]> writes > Could the bees process 80% solids (4:1) or would this = >be too thick? I find I can dissolve 2:1 with boiling water and a lot of stirring. I doubt if you could get it thicker. Can anyone say if usually the bees break the sugar into fructose and glucose or leave it as sucrose when it is fed 2:1. I remember Ron Brown once said that he thought bees always reduced the strength to 1:1 anyway before processing. In which case surely we stress them by demanding they collect water to take the syrup we give them? Any thoughts or better, evidence from studies? -- James Kilty