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Alan B
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:58 pm    Post subject: Icing Sugar Reply with quote
When treating varroa with icing sugar, should I be at all concerned about the anti-caking agents that are in most of them?

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The received wisdom from beekeeping literature is that products containing starch should be avoided. The stuff I use contains calcium phosphate[E341], and that does not appear to do any harm.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:47 pm    Post subject: Icing sugar Reply with quote
Thanks

This appears to be the standard anti-caking agent found in icing sugar so all looks OK.

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