Almost poisoned my bees!!

[annette]

I wanted to share this story because of what Saj is going through right now.

Last week I made up a batch of sugar syrup in two pots. One pot looked nice and clear after I stirred the sugar into the boiling water. The other looked sort of funny in color, but I did not think much about it.

Well when I went to pour the sugar syrup from the pots into this big container, I decided at the very last minute to taste that off color sugar syrup and guess what??? SOAP is what I tasted mixed in with the sugar syrup.

One pot that I took from the dishwasher, apparently, had residual soap on it. I could have killed all the bees if I had given that to them.

I am sharing this so others do not make the same mistake. Now I wash every little thing carefully, even the spoon I use to stir the syrup to be sure everything is very clean.

Take Care
Annette

[JP]

Good catch Annette, that would have been just awful!

One thing I would like to add that this post reminded me of, everyone be careful when feeding honey to your bees that is of good quality, fermented honey kills bees.


...JP

[BenC]

How did the color differ that made you think it was "funny"?  Watch out for soap, it'll clean one's insides out very well.  Don't ask how I know.  Make sure your household dishes aren't contaminated as well.

[annette]

It was not clear like the other pot. I did not see any soap suds, but I am checking all my dishes now that come out of the dishwasher.

Thanks everyone
Annette