Recipe

[brian spilsbury]

I saw the ingredient list for the cord treatment just a couple of days ago and now that I want to actually make some, I can't find it again.
Totally un-guy like, I'm stopping and asking for directions to the post.

tia

Brian

[Michael Bush]

Go to the home page:
http://www.beesource.com/

Click on Point Of View in the menu on the left which will take you to:
http://www.beesource.com/pov/index.htm

After Dr. Pedro Rodreiquez's name is a link that says: Food Grade Mineral Oil in the Fight Against Varroa

Click on that and it will take you to:
http://www.beesource.com/pov/rodriguez/index.htm

Click on USE OF FOOD GRADE MINERAL OIL AND INTEGRATED BEEKEEPING PRACTICES IN THE CONTROL OF VARROA INFECTIONS IN Apis mellifera COLONIES.
Dated: March-June 2001

Which will take you to:
http://www.beesource.com/pov/rodriguez/fgmo2001report.htm

and the recipe is there in paragraph 2.1

"The emulsion was prepared according to the formula developed by Dr. Pedro Pablo Rodriguez (developer of the use of food grade mineral oil). Water has been omitted (as described in the original formula) to prevent fermentation of the honey. The ingredients for the emulsion are as follows: 500 mls food grade mineral oil, 225 grams bees wax, 300 grams honey, sixty 500 mm long by 8mm diameter cotton cords. The procedure for making the emulsion is as follows: heat the food grade mineral oil in a metal container, add bees wax and stir to dissolve the wax and prevent it from burning. Remove the container from the heat source and add the honey and cords. Stir with a wooden spoon to allow the cords to soak well. Allow the emulsion to cool."

Or you can search the FGMO forum for the wrod "Recipe" and probably find severa hundred references to it. Some with English measurments.

Or search the other documents under Dr. Rodriguez's section in the POV section.

[brian spilsbury]

Wow! That's great.

thanks