Randy Oliver Oxalic Treatment

[Dan Curran]

If you haven't caught Randy's ABJ Article from December, I recommend it. There's a link here:

http://scientificbeekeeping.com/oxalic-shop-towel-updates/

Dan

[capitalb...@gmail.com]

At the Walworth meeting a few months back there was a talk by a larger commercial beekeeper (his name escapes me now, but their honey all goes to Sprecher's Brewery). Anyway he had been rotating treatments between thymol, formic and OA. With thymol and OA they made up their own recipes. The OA recipe was with glycerine but instead of towels they soaked thin cardboard coasters in the solution overnight and then applied them to the hives thereafter. I'd have to did through notes to find the recipe (everything was in gallons and pounds due to the number of colonies)

Rich

Capital Bee Supply

[Julie Servantez]

Another article on the subject: https://honeybeesuite.com/blog/

Randy's PDF of his work:http://scientificbeekeeping.com/scibeeimages/2016-Beyond-Taktic-pdf.pdf

Not yet approved by the EPA, but very encouraging! 

On Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 6:35:00 PM UTC-6, Dan Curran wrote:

[BETSY TRUE]

How did he rate his success?

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[Marcin]

Here's a research paper on the effects of slow release oxalic acid impregnated cardboard strips http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-015-0405-7

[Matt H]

Here's the product the paper references (Aluen Cap).  I believe Randy Oliver references these strips in one of his articles a while back.  They are premade oxalic/glycerine strips.  If I remember correctly you have to put a LOT in each hive (4 strips per box).

http://www.apicultodo.com.ar/medicamentos/varroasis/tiras-aluen-cap-x-60-u-15-dosis/

http://inta.gob.ar/noticias/aluen-cap-llega-a-la-calle

[BETSY TRUE]

Marcin’s reference was a good read. I’m convinced enough to add this to my toolbox. I especially want a treatment I can use mid season and this seems to fill the bill. I can cut up cardboard and soak it in a glycerin OA mix. I won’t abandon other methods.

[jeanne hansen]

I appreciate Randy's point that it is labor intensive to remove the spent strips of cardboard, maybe not an issue for us hobby types, while the bees chew up and remove the paper towels themselves.  This removal feature is also a plus with the MAQS.

 

Thanks!
Jeanne Hansen
824 Jacobson Ave
Madison, WI 53714
608-244-5094

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From: BETSY TRUE <bt...@wisc.edu>
To: Madbees <mad...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [madbees] Re: Randy Oliver Oxalic Treatment

Marcin’s reference was a good read. I’m convinced enough to add this to my toolbox. I especially want a treatment I can use mid season and this seems to fill the bill. I can cut up cardboard and soak it in a glycerin OA mix. I won’t abandon other methods.

On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 2:37:50 PM UTC+1, Marcin wrote:

Here's a research paper on the effects of slow release oxalic acid impregnated cardboard strips http://link.springer. com/article/10.1007/s13592- 015-0405-7

[William Palmer]

The method used by Indian Summer Honey in Germantown WI. uses cardboard bar coasters. They soak them in  the Glycerin O/A solution.  One on top bars in the middle of each deep.  The bees clean out the cardboard.  Seems to work for them.

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