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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 12408" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>There is no law against it.</p><p></p><p>The FA I have is 85%, to use it I dilute to 50%, that is just pure habit because most of the recipes for using it for mites which I used to do are for FA at 50%.</p><p></p><p>For moth control in stacks of combs over winter no need to be very scientific, I just squirt 1/2 a cup or so onto the fume board and put it over the stack. Only thing to bear in mind is FA vapor is heavier than air and goes straight down through the combs. So to do a good job the FA has to be spread from one edge of the board to the other, to get coverage of all combs.</p><p></p><p>I do this in stacks of darks, only if they get a moth problem. For stacks of whites I just forget them, moths are a non issue long as there are no dark combs or pollen in the stack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 12408, member: 13"] There is no law against it. The FA I have is 85%, to use it I dilute to 50%, that is just pure habit because most of the recipes for using it for mites which I used to do are for FA at 50%. For moth control in stacks of combs over winter no need to be very scientific, I just squirt 1/2 a cup or so onto the fume board and put it over the stack. Only thing to bear in mind is FA vapor is heavier than air and goes straight down through the combs. So to do a good job the FA has to be spread from one edge of the board to the other, to get coverage of all combs. I do this in stacks of darks, only if they get a moth problem. For stacks of whites I just forget them, moths are a non issue long as there are no dark combs or pollen in the stack. [/QUOTE]
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