On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Ellie Rotunno wrote:
> He said some keepers who supply him probably do feed with sugar and a
> chart he sent of USA honeys shows that some honeys do contain
> disaccharides (as maltose) and higher sugars. Sounds like we have to put
> up with some of that, but if you get a stop, I'm satisfied.

I don't get it.  Must bees never be fed sugar to produce honey of
sufficient quality?  What quality am I getting if the bees are fed sugar
in the winter season and not otherwise?  Given that I am eating only
honey collected during the time they were not fed sugar (obviously).
What else can you feed them in winter?  The honey they collected in other
seasons?

Obviously, the bees will be affected by the sugar they get during winter,
but if they collect only from flowers to produce the honey one gets in
other seasons, is that a big transgression still?