Darkened winter feed

[alderon]

I made up 3 1/2 gallons of syrup today. I used my high output propane burner and scorched the bottom enough to turn the syrup a deep amber. I have herd that caramelized products in syrup can cause digestive problems for the bees. I am wandering if there is a scientific basis for this opinion, or if anyone out there has feed darker syrup to their bees with or without incident?

[toddbalsiger]

You're putting too much thought into making syrup.

Add hot water out of faucet into bucket. Dump sugar in, stir. Presto.