Randy wrote

> The bees are killed almost immediately.  Alternatively, you could use the
> powdered sugar shake, in which the bees are not killed, but according to
> data from Dr. Marion Ellis, and from my own tests, it only dislodges about
> 70% of mites.  However, Dr. Marla Spivak contends that sugar can dislodge 
> a
> much higher percentage.

There is New Zealand research that shows if you use a double shake with 
sugar (icing sugar that is) the figure gets up into the 90's.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA

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