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Re: How Good is the Sugar Shake?
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> used.  A quick glance reveals that the ratio varies from around 15:1 to
> infinity:1.  Several hive groups that gave zero results from sugar shake
> subsequently yielded mites in the hundreds.

If indeed these were accurate counts, this would prove to me just how
unreliable and basically useless the sugar roll test is. I can get a more
reliable test just by opening a few drone cells.

-Barry

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