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From: Juanse Barros <[log in to unmask]>
To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology
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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:25:22 -0300
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Nosema free bees

BobD

Be carefull with house bleach because at least here the manufacturer put
some sort of product to make it taste owfull to prevent kids drinkig it. Do
not know if that applies to Laundry bleach.

500/1000000 is the same than 1x0,05/100 correct!!!!
20000/1000000 is the same than 1x0,05/2,5  correct!!

I make a mistake when saying driping, I was thinking on "dribble", like what
you do when applying oxalic acid in seams of bees.

I do not use it for frames. I have the luxury of having a good market for
old frames wax for rising wax moth. The wooden part is steam saniticed. The
frames are subject to low temperature each winter.

The wooden boxes are soaked in bleach solution for 5 minutes and then let to
dry before puting bees inside again. For soaking 4 litres of 12% bleach per
200 litres of water at start, then add more "by taste" as solution is used,
nothing very scientific. WE do the soaking in 55 gall drums. We place a
concrete block top of soaking material so it doesn't float.


juanse

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