How to Make Powdered Sugar to Control Varoa Mites

2,239 views · Published 22 July 2013 · 2:05 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Tennessee Gun · 2013 · Howto & Style

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The difficulty with treating bees with powdered sugar is that most store bought powdered confectioner’s sugar contains starch. Bees cannot process the starch and it leads to deadly constipation.

Now you can see how easy it is to powder your own sugar.  Which is useful for the kitchen as well as for beekeepers.

I will warn you that powdering materials is very hard on your blender, and for marital bliss you should consider a thrift store blender with a mason jar attachment.

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