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Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 27 Sep 2003 09:00:14 -0400
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yoonytoons wrote:
> While finishing sugar-dusting [my girls are kicking!], I could see why
> this method, with its proven efficacy, has failed catch up with the rest
> of the industry: tedium infinitum.

Unfortunately, sugar dusting is both effective and ineffective as shown
by tests. If I recall it is mostly the time of year that causes the
difference. The test was done by adding an ether roll after dusting and
where the dusting showed few mites, the roll showed many.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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