They may well do , after all Maple syrup is crudely produced from the tree sap which aphids kindly present in the form of honey dewIs this a bad idea?
Yes, and apart from the reason above.
You might get away with some but you are not offering any quantitative suggestions, so my suggestion is steer away from anything the bees would not collect themselves. If they felt disposed to collect maple syrup, OK; but thrust upon them may lead to digestive problems.
Regards, RAB
Thanks Rab. Much appreciate you help and thought out advice. Looks like I'll be eating a lot of pancakes.
from Journal of Food science:
"An exhaustive chloroform extraction of maple syrup removed the maple flavorants. The extract was analyzed in part by a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer tandem procedure. Several previously undetected flavor-related compounds were found in trace amounts. Among these were the aromatic compounds acetovanillone, guaiacyl acetone and vanilloyl methyl ketone. These aromatics could have resulted from the ethanolysis of ligneous material previously reported in maple sap. Sugar degradation products found were furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural, lactic acid and levulinic acid. These indicate that the products of caramelization also are part of the maple flavorants.
Acids found, in addition to those above, were the C5 to C9 aliphatic acids and oxalic, fumaric and malic acids. All of the acid occurred as ethyl esters resulting from unintentional esterification during extraction. The C, to C, acids may be artifacts perhaps derived from the vegetable oil used as antifoaming agent in syrup processing."
They may well do , after all Maple syrup is crudely produced from the tree sap which aphids kindly present in the form of honey dew
John Wilkinson
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