Oxalic Acid

[Ben Little]

can i put vaporized OA on bees anytime? Fat Bee Man says it can be done anytime, so do i just do i once a week for 3 weeks for brood cycles?

Ben

[camero7]

Started doing that today. I do it 4 times.

[Ben Little]

So it doesn't matter if they have open brood, like Fat bee man says ?

Ben

[camero7]

OA vapor doesn't affect brood at all in my experience.

[snl]

He C7,
Does it affect the honey?


Larry

[camero7]

Pull your supers when you vaporize. you can put them right back on afterwards.

[snl]

Thanks C7, I'll do that t/b safte.......but do you know if it affects the honey since OA is naturally occurring in the hive?

Larry

[camero7]

There are some studies that say it doesn't but remember it's not approved in the US and higher OA in the honey would not be good.