OK another feeding question

[VanBeek in MI]

Sorry about the last thread, I guess it was a stupid question.
But I do have another....
Is there a difference in what sugar is used? Cane or beet?
Or doesn't it matter.
I just want to make sure I will be doing it right the first time.

God Bless

Jim

[BEES4U]

I prefer sugar cane to sugar beet as a source.
It also depends on which one is on sale.
Ernie

[RayMarler]

I've always used Cane white granulated sugar and don't know if there is a difference really between the beet or cane sugars once they've been refined and packaged.

[iddee]

Which do they use to make powdered sugar?

I even feed mine maple sap in the early spring.

I don't think they know the difference in beet and cane sugar. They are both a substitute for nectar.

[jrtrapper]

iddee do the bees like the maple sap?

[iddee]

>>>>iddee do the bees like the maple sap? <<<<

Cut a few slits in a maple tree near the hives in early spring and watch them cover it like a swarm has landed. I would say they do.

I cut the V's in the tree and drive a piece of copper tube in at the bottom. Then I hang a 2 litre bottle on the tube. Feed it in a boardman just like sugar water.
The bees will cover the slits on a warm day.

[France]

Cane sugar is the preferred sugar for bee feed.
Beet sugar is about the same for us - but is less pure. In other words, it has some impurities which can and will interfere with bee's gut functions, especialy in winter.



[QUOTE=VanBeek in MI;376275
Is there a difference in what sugar is used? Cane or beet?
Or doesn't it matter.
I just want to make sure I will be doing it right the first time.

God Bless

Jim[/QUOTE]

[Michael Bush]

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesfeeding.htm#kindofsugar

[Bizzybee]

Yeah but............... if vanbeek goes slicing on maple trees in Lowell the sugar shack boys will be chasing him outta town with their shotguns!!! :lookout::)

Van, you best just stop by Meijers and get some sugar for the bees. Save the maple syrup for a big stack of flap jacks down at the Backwater Grill. :)

[iddee]

>>>>Yeah but............... if vanbeek goes slicing on maple trees in Lowell the sugar shack boys will be chasing him outta town with their shotguns!!!<<<<

But I won't feel a thing. :p :lookout: