ApocaDocs: Honeybee food may contribute to U.S. colony collapse

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Posted Tue Jun 4 2013: from Reuters:


	Honeybee food may contribute to U.S. colony collapse - study http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1370376407 Bee keepers' use of corn syrup and other honey substitutes as bee feed may be contributing to colony collapse by depriving the insects of compounds that strengthen their immune systems, according to a study released on Monday.... A bee's natural food is its own honey, which contains compounds like p-coumaric acid that appear to help detoxify and strengthen a bee's immunity to disease, according to a study by scientists at the University of Illinois. Bee keepers, however, typically harvest and sell the honey produced by the bees and use substitutes like sugar or high-fructose corn syrup to feed them.

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