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Vs: Re: [BEE-L] varroa controls update (U.S.)
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Komppa-Seppälä <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:45:09 +0300
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> Spraying the colony takes at least 10 times longer than vaporizing with
> oxalic acid and the result is the same.

Vaporizing oxalic acid takes 15 times longer than drizzling. Drizzling takes about 1 - 2 minutes / hive. About the same time as placing strips. Drizzling is also much safer.  Oxalic acid vapor  is not nice when you inhale it.

Ari

Ari Seppälä   MMM
Project Manager
Finnish Beekeepers' Association
www.hunaja.net

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