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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 12940" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>These guys have been playing with this for a while, I read some unofficial trials they conducted maybe 6 or 9 months ago, the results were good, in terms of killing mites.</p><p></p><p>What I see as a problem with it is it is designed to work with amitraz. This steady flow of amitraz into the hive could result in higher residues than acceptable in NZ.</p><p></p><p>What I would like to see is something similar, but designed to give a shot of oxalic vapor every 3 days, for 7 or 10 cycles or be programmable to what the beekeeper wants. This, because I got good results trialing oxalic vapor, but what killed it from a commercial perspective was having to visit each site every 3 days for 21 days. This effectively tied me up for most of a month doing that and little else, so although the oxalic is cheap, the labor and mileage was not and killed it. But an auto dispenser device would render it doable. Especially if you could power a whole yard of them from a solar powered unit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 12940, member: 13"] These guys have been playing with this for a while, I read some unofficial trials they conducted maybe 6 or 9 months ago, the results were good, in terms of killing mites. What I see as a problem with it is it is designed to work with amitraz. This steady flow of amitraz into the hive could result in higher residues than acceptable in NZ. What I would like to see is something similar, but designed to give a shot of oxalic vapor every 3 days, for 7 or 10 cycles or be programmable to what the beekeeper wants. This, because I got good results trialing oxalic vapor, but what killed it from a commercial perspective was having to visit each site every 3 days for 21 days. This effectively tied me up for most of a month doing that and little else, so although the oxalic is cheap, the labor and mileage was not and killed it. But an auto dispenser device would render it doable. Especially if you could power a whole yard of them from a solar powered unit. [/QUOTE]
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