If bees were over fed sugar or corn syrup would that make an adulterated result? Maybe that is the unadulterated, but untypical honey?
That is an interesting question. At what point does feeding sugar syrup affect the honey quality. I only feed syrup when there is very little honey in the frames and feed only till a dearth is over.
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Its not honey Danielle. If you have had to feed your bees you should take it out when a flow is on so you get honey, especially if you are selling it. Another way is to put some food colouring in your syrup so you can see where it is.
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Rob,
I agree that is what should be done, but plans donât always align with Mother Natureâs schedule. So, a few days of syrup may be stored while the flow hits. Perhaps, syrup that was stored in brood boxes gets moved up to supers.
The report broke down bad honey into adulterated and unadulterated with untypical results. My understanding is adulterated honey is where other stuff was added intentionally after extractionâdefinitely not honey. I was wondering what made the untypical result.
Along those lines, I was wondering if the sucrose is partially digested by the bees to glucose and fructose before storage. I donât know if this bee processed, but not flower sourced product would pass the C4 test and fail NMR. The C4 test looks at sugar and protein ratios.
Anyway, Iâm not defending bad honey practices. Capilanoâs response to NMR testing is deplorable. NMR is a much better suited test than C4 (mass spectrometry).
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Thatâs why food colouring goes in any syrup I have to use. Its fun if you make each batch a different colour then watch them move it around.
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Rob.
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Iâll have to do this with the kids sometime.
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