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Do you happen to know if this is cane sugar or beet sugar?Where was this price?
Costco was $24.xx last week for 50# bag
My bees eat both with no preference shown to either one. The reason they smell differentI've read all kinds of post here and other information regarding cane sugar versus beet sugar. Generally people seem to think there is no difference, however when I dump a bag into water in I can smell the dust that rises up, the 2 sugars actually smell different from each other. And of course beets have been genetically modified whereas the sugar cane has not. And the reason for genetic modification is so they can handle the heavy duty poisons needed to put on the field.
If they are winnowed down to just pure carbohydrates I shouldn't be able to detect a difference using my rudimentary human scientific measuring tool, my nose.
What differences might the bees detect?
So far I haven't fed anything but cane sugar, and I was surprised to find a lot of folks on YouTube feeding HFCS after all the bad press (not surprised they are feeding it, just that they are posting it). I have issues with corn syrup because of what it did to my waistline. In reality, if I had eaten and drank the exact amount of substances sweetened with cane sugar, and with cane sugar added rather than corn syrup, I'd be just as fat.The debate over beet versus cane sugar has been in existence since the 1840s, and there has never been any proof of a difference between the two for feeding honey bees. As fadder says, sucrose is sucrose.
Turns out there are differences;The debate over beet versus cane sugar has been in existence since the 1840s, and there has never been any proof of a difference between the two for feeding honey bees. As fadder says, sucrose is sucrose.
👍 Double Thumbs up on the pickled beets. 👍So far I haven't fed anything but cane sugar, and I was surprised to find a lot of folks on YouTube feeding HFCS after all the bad press (not surprised they are feeding it, just that they are posting it). I have issues with corn syrup because of what it did to my waistline. In reality, if I had eaten and drank the exact amount of substances sweetened with cane sugar, and with cane sugar added rather than corn syrup, I'd be just as fat.
Really haven't thought about beets. I enjoy me some pickled beets.