Oxalic Acid Dribble using food grade vegetable glycerin

[Greg V]

Answer to a question during the club meeting last night.

This will be my second season using this formulation.

It works well for me.

No sugar is involved - safer for the bees.

For dribbling techniques and safety - see Randy O. documentation.
I have been simply doing 1-2 squirts per a frame side - depending the bee coverage.

OAD with food-grade vegetable glycerin as sticking agent.
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400ml glycerin
600ml water
35g of OA
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You get 1 L of 2.5% OA/gly solution by simple mixing.

Replace 35g of OA by your desired OA amount for stronger solutions.
45g -> 3.2%
60g -> 4.2%

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Food-grade vegetable glycerin is inexpensive enough.

I purchased some here: https://www.dudadiesel.com/choose_item.php?id=vggal&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=&scid=scplpchemical-vegetable-glycerin-jug-1-gallon&sc_intid=chemical-vegetable-glycerin-jug-1-gallon&gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6cKiBhD5ARIsAKXUdyZGtj2_usB4EPYzbr64ZJGVwXp-3M8gBLVW-cBBcr0MSl07K2-OywgaAk-wEALw_wcB

[Gary Baisa]

Hey Greg, 

My mite counts are starting to creep up.  Last week i spayed two colonies just like you recommended below.  

Hive 1 consists of 2 deeps.  Queenless right now.  Very little brood.  Mite count 13/300.  I was afraid of hitting them with too much OA so I spayed both sides of the middle 4 frames.  I figured these r the brood frames and would consist of mostly nurse bees.  Will this work?  When should i test?  Should i spray again?

Hive 2 consists of 1 deep.  Queenless.  Very little brood.  Mite count 34/300.  I spray everything, even one of the walls that had bees on it.  Same questions. 

Any advice or suggestions is greatly appreciated.  

Gary   

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 Answer to a question during the club meeting last night.

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