<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> the addition
> of acid, bleach, some essential oils, or a preservative.
>
> as far as preservative goes, simply a pinch of salicylic acid would do
> like our parent used to when canning peaches or other fruits . It always
> worked.
>
Since Oxalic acid is also of the carboxylic family ( dicarboxylic actually)
it would do the trick also probably same formula for trickling on bees -
perhaps even weaker

Walter
littlewolfapiaries.com

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