Revitalising Oxalic Strips

[mydoghasfleas]

has any one brought there oxy strips back to life after pulling perfectly good strips from the hives, can they be resoaked and reused, just wandering as i keep shifting the buckets of them around the shed, bee keen to hear your thoughts.

 

[Grant]

Just changed the title on this one to make it a bit more relevant to see if you get any bites.

 

[stoney]

Good question.. my gut says no because they will no doubt still contain some ingredients at unknown levels and those ingredients may be degraded.
I’ve got a dozen odd buckets in my shed as well.. but just use the new ones for each treatment to be safe.

 

[Grant]

Good question.. my gut says no because they will no doubt still contain some ingredients at unknown levels and those ingredients may be degraded.
I’ve got a dozen odd buckets in my shed as well.. but just use the new ones for each treatment to be safe.

Even if you re-soak them? Wouldn't that act as a recharge to the ingredient levels?

This topic is asking if you can use them again after soaking them.
The composing was a bit off track so I made a new question about it.

Can you compost Oxalic Strips

I'll mix the latest bucket I collected into my compost heap and see what happens (this is a bucket of leftover bits ranging from very small pieces to in tact staples). I can't see any issues with my 3 ingredient staples (paper, oxalic acid and glycerine). I'll let you know how it goes...

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[Otto]

Even if you re-soak them? Wouldn't that act as a recharge to the ingredient levels?

This topic is asking if you can use them again after soaking them.
The composing was a bit off track so I made a new question about it.

Can you compost Oxalic Strips

I'll mix the latest bucket I collected into my compost heap and see what happens (this is a bucket of leftover bits ranging from very small pieces to in tact staples). I can't see any issues with my 3 ingredient staples (paper, oxalic acid and glycerine). I'll let you know how it goes...

nzbees.net

I also had the feeling I was going off track with the composting topic, so good to have that as a separate one.
With respect to this topic, I can't see me trying to reuse oxalic staples as there are too many variables being introduced when doing it. One of the important things about dealing with varroa is trust in the product you're using, so it needs to be reliable and give reproducible results. Given the inexpensive nature of making these I just don't see why you would add such variables to the equation.

 

[Sailabee]

Personally, I wouldn't reuse them unless you only had one hive, or else they could be a new way to spread AFB, and for the cost of the strips, I wouldn't think it would be a financially viable risk.

 

[Grant]

Ok guys. Don't forget to uprate the most appropriate answer, or downgrade the most inappropriate answer. The more up votes the higher it appears in the responses. The OP or a member of staff can designate a post as the best answer.

 

[Fieldbee (Mary)]

Hey guys who have buckets of used oxy strips, they are natural products and burn very well. I have an old honey drum for burning.
When I take used oxy strips out I often take a bit of wax that is in the way. The mix of the wax and strips burn very well. get it started with some rubbish or a fire starter. Our shed is too small to have junk around and hubby always wants a bigger shed. Any thing to make a bit more space.