> Ari Seppälä <[log in to unmask]>

 > 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.
 >
After testing both methods I must agree with Ari, there is no need to make
things more complicated and expensive than necessary. From my experience it
takes no more than 30 sec to apply a sugar-water-oxalic mixture to a 2 boxes
hive in autumn. I found no difference in efficiency between the methods.

We beekeepers often believe that a method is better because it's complicated and
/ or expensive. I have personally found it's usually the other way around,
simpler is better.

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P-O Gustafsson, Sweden
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