> Most of the time it does, but for some reason, 
> I believe it was in Georgia, it did not work.

Any idea where you saw or heard that?

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.

That's the problem I have with the claims
about the "dump-n-brush" method of applying
powdered sugar - there's no reliable production 
of the very fine particles that are the only 
known mechanism for making mites loose their grip.

But powdered sugar has been my friend for eight
years now, and I've treated lots of newbee's
packages, as everything coming out of the
Southeast seems heavily infested.  2.5 lbs
of bees, and half a pound of mites, it seems!  :)

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