Any idea where you saw or heard that?


Yes


>
> Georgia in known for humidity, so one possible
> reason for failure would be the inability to
> keep the sugar dry and get the fine, smoke-like
> "poofs" that contain the small particles that
> will clog the tarsal pads of the mites and
> make them fall.


Your guess coincides with what was surmised at the time. The person I talked
to used it often for mite drop when he did not want to harm the bees with an
ether roll. But the ether roll was easier and quicker. I have used both.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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