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Here is a link to the Canadian supplier and the recommended administration methods.
http://medivetpharmaceuticals.webs.com/oxalicacid996.htm

I did this with introducing a virgin into a queenless nuc just a couple weeks ago. Not my usual practice but it turned out ok. I put her on an outside frame with a handful of bees and by the time...

1600lbs from 11 hives or 145lb average. Up from last year's 100lb avg.

I find it very economical. Mann Lake provides free shipping within the US and I get it shipped to an address just across the border from me so I can just drive over and pick it up. Out of the many...

Why not just use plastic plugs to pop in the hole after you are done feeding?

I second what MB says. I add my seed honey to buckets of RAW honey right out of the extractor. It is never heated and I find that it sets in less time as well.

In regards to using a long box---how do the bees organize it in comparison to a regular 10 frame Lang? feed/pollen/brood ??

I'm not sure about the US but here in Canada you are not allowed to sell lip balm unless you register the product & ingredients with Health Canada. It falls under cosmetics and all the legislation...

It is a great source of nectar for the bees but it does crystallize very quickly. I would try to make sure it isn't in your boxes for over-winter feed though

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This is how I uncap my frames. The heat is not on the honey long enough to darken it. My heat gun is a little different in that the end isn't round, it is tapered so I can direct the angle of...

How did that work out for you?

I would definately check with the other beekeepers in your area. Singles are by no means a weak hive and can be successfully over-wintered as such, even here in Manitoba.

If all of your boxes are the same size - deeps for brood and honey boxes then if you bring a frame of brood above the excluder(without queen) the bees will follow and take care of it until it hatches...

What did you start with 4-5 frame NUC? If you have lots of brood, place an undrawn frame between 2 frames of brood, the bees will concentrate on drawing this frame out ASAP and the queen will lay in...

When I needed to do this I used 1/4" plywood and cut to fit like a frame would, except of course all spaces were snug when inserting it into the box and the top was level with the top of the deep. ...