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Title: Dusting bees with icing sugar as a varoa treatment how effective is it?
Post by: edward on March 16, 2012, 10:08:15 PM

If you dust bees with icing sugar as a varoa treatment how effective is it ?

Hive with brood?

Hive with out brood?

A swarm of bees ?

Are there any studies out there that report effectiveness i % or other wise ?

mvh edward :-P

Title: Re: Dusting bees with icing sugar as a varoa treatment how effective is it?
Post by: AllenF on March 16, 2012, 10:13:42 PM

http://scientificbeekeeping.com/powdered-sugar-dusting-sweet-and-safe-but-does-it-really-work-part-1/ (http://scientificbeekeeping.com/powdered-sugar-dusting-sweet-and-safe-but-does-it-really-work-part-1/)

http://countryrubes.com/images/Powdered_sugar_dusting_in_bee_colonies_as_varroa_control_updated_9_09_09l.pdf (http://countryrubes.com/images/Powdered_sugar_dusting_in_bee_colonies_as_varroa_control_updated_9_09_09l.pdf)

Title: Re: Dusting bees with icing sugar as a varoa treatment how effective is it?
Post by: edward on March 16, 2012, 10:59:41 PM

Thank you !

mvh edward :-P

Title: Re: Dusting bees with icing sugar as a varoa treatment how effective is it?
Post by: Michael Bush on March 17, 2012, 02:17:16 AM

Here is the issue with any treatment and more so with any treatment that isn't pretty effective to start with:
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesvarroatreatments.htm (http://www.bushfarms.com/beesvarroatreatments.htm)

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