HFCS vs Sucrose (Podcast Citations)

Diet-dependent gene expression in honey bees: Honey vs. sucrose or high fructose corn syrup. Scientific Reports, 2014

Carbohydrate nutrition associated with health of overwintering honey bees. PLOS One, 2023

The effect of high-fructose corn syrup on wintering honey bees. American Bee Journal, 2013

Sucrose, glucose, and fructose preference in honeybees and their effects on food digestibility. Journal of Apicultural Research, 2024

Impact of Different Sugar Syrups on the Development of the Fat Body in Worker Bees. Insects, 2024

Comparison of Productivity of Colonies of Honey Bees, Apis mellifera, Supplemented with Sucrose or High Fructose Corn Syrup. Journal of Economic Entomology, 2013

Impact of supplemental feed type on winter survival of honey bee colonies. SARE Project Report, 2013

Honey bee nutritional physiology and the fat body: a complex connection to hive health. Journal of Insect Physiology, 2013

The importance of sucrose as a feeding supplement for honey bee colonies. Agricultural and Food Science, 2004

Formation of Hydroxymethylfurfural in Domestic High-Fructose Corn Syrup and Its Toxicity to the Honey Bee. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2009

The effect of feeding different sugar syrup types on honey bee gut microbiota during overwintering. MicrobiologyOpen, 2020

Chemical profile of high-fructose corn syrup and its potential relationship to bee mortality. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2009

Detection of high-fructose corn syrup adulteration in honey by Stable Carbon Isotope Ratio Analysis (SCIRA). (Various publications on food integrity standards)

Monitoring of HMF in commercial honey and sucrose/invert sugar syrups. Food Chemistry, 2010