Randy said: The sort of drenching used on packages is far more saturating than that used when drenching established colonies on combs with 1/2 cup (250ml) of syrup. I agree with Randy re cage trials, and apparently he agrees with me regarding drenching packages. So, we seem to be in agreement. The difference is that I've seen heavy drenching with fumagillin spiked syrup, not the scant 1/2 cup Randy uses. If you keep the syrup down to this small amount on a large colony, I agree, not likely to see much or any mortality. But not everyone does it this way. jerry *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm