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Re: Sugar roll
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Bill Truesdell <[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, 8 Nov 2004 07:58:20 -0500
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James W. Hock wrote:
> I've received several e-mail off BEE-L about sugar rolls and using 10x
> powdered sugar as an alternate vorroa mite treatment.

The Maine Bee Inspector reported some time back that sugar rolls could
give incorrect results. As I recall, it was time/temperature dependent
so you could get indicators of no or few mites when there were actually
many. Follow up ether rolls on the same bees gave accurate drops. So I
would go down this route with caution.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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