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  • From: "Phil Chandler" <phil@apchosting.co.uk>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] feeding sugar to bees
  • Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:10:03 +0100

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The dried sugar cane juice sounds like a far better/healthier option for the
bees than the white-sugarwater. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

You might think so, but in fact refined cane sugar syrup is closer to nectar
than unrefined sugars, which may contain a range of chemicals not found in
nectar and are potentially damaging to bees. For example, feeding them on
unrefined (soft brown) sugar is likely to cause dysentery and may even kill
the colony. Be careful before making assumptions that just because something
may be good for you, it is therefore good for bees.
Phil Chandler
www.biobees.com






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