Yes. :lookout:
Yes, but only a lab test for adulteration will tell for sure.I have been feeding my hive to assist in getting my new foundation drawn. They have now filler 2 supers and are starting to draw a third. Have they likely filled the supers with syrup. If i extract the 2 capped supers, will it be honey or syrup I'm extracting?
It is colored... the sugar came from a candy factory where the candy was rolled in this confectioners sugar. The sugar has a reddish tint to it and contains small fragments of hard candy.Most beekeepers do not feed with honey supers on for the reason you are now discovering. And yes sometimes it can take a very long time to get the honey supers drawn.
Worst case - extract the supers and feed the harvest back to the bees. Under no circumstances should it be sold or given away for human consumption.
And a hint - some beekeepers add food coloring to their syrup so they can tell at a glance where the syrup has been stored.
thats alot of work for not much gain. Obviously I wouldn't have fed in the first place. How much of what concetration syrup did you feed. If its less than a few quarts of 1:1 I would extract it and eat it. I wouldn't sell it. If you fed more than that or higher concentration I would leave it on. Just add another super. You know the clean point, only harvest those frames, leave the rest for winter.I may extract it to give them in the fall. That way they can refill the drawn comb during the remainder of the flow.