View Full Version : White Vinigar
dickm
06-10-2002, 03:30 PM
Has anyone ever heard of using white vinigar vapor to control pests in beehives?
dragonfly
06-28-2002, 08:05 PM
I haven't read any articles or data on it, but noticed an ad in a recent Bee Culture mag of a company selling the equipment used to make the vapor out of the vinegar.
rainesridgefarm
07-01-2002, 01:03 PM
It is a higher acid level then regular vinegar. Household vinegar is reduced to 5% acid and you need 20% acid. What is does is disolve the shell of the might and it dehydrates and dies. It is a slow knock down but is does work. I have heard of people using it and puting sticky boards under the hive and coming back the next day and not seeing any mites. They get discouraged and do not try it again. If you are patiant it does work.
rogerd
02-15-2003, 06:39 PM
Anyone tried this and does it work?If so how do you use it,thanks.
hoosierhiver
03-31-2003, 08:07 PM
i'd like to talk to anyone who has been experimenting with vinegar,just typical white store vinegar seems pretty potent to me.i'd guess wax moths don't like it either.
thesurveyor
04-04-2003, 09:02 AM
Do the bees mind the smell of vinegar?
Thesurveyor
hoosierhiver
04-04-2003, 06:57 PM
they don't seem to like it.
clintonbemrose
04-05-2003, 02:17 PM
What? pickled bees
Clint
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Clinton Bemrose
just South of Lansing Michigan
Our association test trialed the gadget, they used it as suggested, it gave them no results.
Ian