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Re: OA
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Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:51:26 -0400
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Lloyd Spear wrote:
>
> I just want to make certain the temperature range is 32-55F, as 
> heretofore I
> understood we needed at least 50F.  Please assure us this is not a typing
> error!
Getting treatments mixed up. OA is good down to freezing. I think the 
50F may be thymol, formic and other treatments which rely on vapor. What 
is being discussed here is OA drip application.

The key with OA is to treat when the colony is broodless or nearly so, 
which means November here in Maine. The temperature is not the important 
factor.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, maine

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