can mineral oil hurt bees?

[rober]

i use mineral oil in my beetle traps since it doesn't congeal like cooking oil. i was making a 5 gallon batch of sugar syrup & added a few tablespoons of mineral oil instead of the usual vinegar. poisonous to bees? i know vegetable could be.

[iddee]

I don't know about oil, but mold in sugar water doesn't hurt bees, Why add anything?

[rober]

vinegar changes the ph. i've found the bees prefer syrup with vinegar.

[Bakersdozen]

I've heard of beekeepers fogging hives with mineral oil to control mites (This is not a recommendation to do that!) but not feeding mineral oil to bees.  I don't think that sounds like the thing to do.  How would this benefit them?  Just because they take it doesn't mean it's good for them.  In the spring they will take sawdust back to the colony if they can't find pollen.  Just my 2 cents worth.