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But nectar contains a lot of sucrose, as well as fructose and glucose. That’s why bees need to secrete invertase, in order to invert the sucrose, which presumably they would do whether the sucrose is in nectar or syrup.
Hang on. Bees invert any sucrose they forage, yes?Yes you’re right
Not thinking straight.
Do they invert sucrose fed as heavy syrup and stored immediately?