Will bees cap syrup?

[skullring]

I was just wondering will bees cap sugar syrup that they have stored in cells?   :?  Or will they only cap honey?  Thanks :mrgreen:

[Robo]

Yes they will. They will mix the two also, that is why it is not wise to over feed.

[Michael Bush]

They do not know the difference.  It's just nectar to them.

[rdy-b]

IF you fell that you must keep track of the capped sryup pepole have told me that a drop or two of green food coloring added will make it visable to the eye. myself i always add a few drops of lemon grass oil to the batch the reason i like to now where the syrup lays is because I also add Fumagilin-B something that i think we will see  alot more of because of the recent nosema strain they have found incomon whith SOME CCD loses. :shock:
                               RDY-B

[Mici]

wow, what a great idea!!!-the food grade color!

[Brian D. Bray]

Let's see, food coloring in the sugar syrup.  Different colors for different batches.  Look, Ma! There's a rainbow in my hive.  Designer honey.  Would you like magenta or Aquamarine?