..as can a wife be if her microwave becomes corroded from brewing steaming acid in it..!
NZBF: Oxalic Strips - what do do once soaked?
- Thread starter Dave Bee
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After soaking I hang mine over plastic frames out in the open air but protected from rain for a day or 2. I then collect them up and store them in a sealed 10L bucket.
Hi, I am new to beekeeping and have just moved to the Waikato. I bought 2 colonies a week ago off a renowned source who said he treated his bees with Apivar in August.
I've ordered the kit from beequip for making Oxalic strips and want to put them in the hives as soon the strips are ready.
Can anyone advise on how the long they should stay in the hives for and whether the strips can be used continuously - or do the girls need a break from them?
I've ordered the kit from beequip for making Oxalic strips and want to put them in the hives as soon the strips are ready.
Can anyone advise on how the long they should stay in the hives for and whether the strips can be used continuously - or do the girls need a break from them?
We put O/A strips in about a month ago. Four per brood box.
Quite a few are chewed out and dust on the bottom boards.
We are re- charging the bees with more strips as we go around.... another two or three , depending on the strength.
We are still learning, but I'm inclined to keep stuffing them in until we start supering, when we'll place an O/A soaked shop cloth over the brood and under the queen excluder.
Of interest,was an article in the latest Advocate by DNA John about O/A possibly being detrimental to the bees gut health.
Having got acid in my eye a few weeks ago, I did wonder about the effect of the acid on the bees eyesight as well !
@stoney may well have some words of wisdom.
Quite a few are chewed out and dust on the bottom boards.
We are re- charging the bees with more strips as we go around.... another two or three , depending on the strength.
We are still learning, but I'm inclined to keep stuffing them in until we start supering, when we'll place an O/A soaked shop cloth over the brood and under the queen excluder.
Of interest,was an article in the latest Advocate by DNA John about O/A possibly being detrimental to the bees gut health.
Having got acid in my eye a few weeks ago, I did wonder about the effect of the acid on the bees eyesight as well !
@stoney may well have some words of wisdom.
Hi - am new to the Forum, from UK
Still inexperienced with the forum but has anybody tried the Randy Oliver method of using cellulose sponges for Ox/Gly mix? Last time I tried making strips with card they fell apart. Not sure what the UK version of Gib tape is either.
Can anybody steer me to the relevant part of the forum? Cheers.
Still inexperienced with the forum but has anybody tried the Randy Oliver method of using cellulose sponges for Ox/Gly mix? Last time I tried making strips with card they fell apart. Not sure what the UK version of Gib tape is either.
Can anybody steer me to the relevant part of the forum? Cheers.
I'm hanged if I can find my source re the sharp crystals....but here is one study..https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5620704/
Mine is. 100gm oxalic 125 grams gly. Look here : Document: - Making Staples-Otto