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Re: Sucrose Octanoate
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Christine Gray <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 3 Nov 2003 23:15:28 -0000
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 Bob said: if you wet the varroa with SOE the varroa will die so if
> all bees with varroa  are soaked all varroa are killed.
> The kill is similar to the way soapy water kills bees.

My question is still - if u spray bees on combs,  u only spray their backs.
Some Varroa also stick to bees' undersides - yes?  Do those varroa also get
sufficiently wet?

Robin Dartington

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