sugar dust new package ????

[the kid]

 just got the call from the bee supplyer and he said the girls will bee in on fri and we can pick up fri or sat ...    now I have this brain storm ,,,  would it bee ok to powder sugar dust the package ,,, when there still in the box ,befor we instal ?   that way they have some thing to do  ( other then sting the h--- out of us )  and get rid of most if not all the mites ,, befor they get in the hive ...     I thought I would dust them about a half hour befor putting them in the hive ....     OK  OK OK  dumb Idea but  ,, it can'nt hurt  or can it ?
come on now ,, dont shoot it down so fast ,, it hasn't got off the ground yet ...
the kid

[JP]

just got the call from the bee supplyer and he said the girls will bee in on fri and we can pick up fri or sat ...    now I have this brain storm ,,,  would it bee ok to powder sugar dust the package ,,, when there still in the box ,befor we instal ?   that way they have some thing to do  ( other then sting the h--- out of us )  and get rid of most if not all the mites ,, befor they get in the hive ...     I thought I would dust them about a half hour befor putting them in the hive ....     OK  OK OK  dumb Idea but  ,, it can'nt hurt  or can it ?
come on now ,, dont shoot it down so fast ,, it hasn't got off the ground yet ...
the kid

Imo, this is a very good idea. I was looking at a swarm today that had a few mites on them. It was a swarm I caught two days ago and then, while looking for the queen I noticed a mite on one of the bees. Good idea, Imo.


...JP

[Michael Bush]

Yes you can dust them in the package.