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> A recent video is about fumigating
> combs for treatment of Nosema .
> Paul treats his combs with acetic acid.
> A modified plan based on Dr. Bailey's work.
I guess things have changed over the past few years.
Last I recall, circa 2008 or 2009, I took quite a bit of flack from all
sides by stating "of course" nosema spores were on combs and could be
treated via acetic acid fumigation.
Now, it seems that treating combs for nosema is accepted as inevitable, and
even acetic acid is the suggested fumigant.
Only took a decade.
So here's a trick I never got a chance to offer - one can hook up a volt
meter to a zinc-oxide hearing aid battery to get a rough idea of the acetic
acid level in the room or stack of supers, as with less oxygen in the air, a
zinc-oxide battery will produce less voltage and current under a load. A
100 or 1K-ohm 1/4-watt resistor will be fine as a load, you'll likely
mail-order both, RIP Radio Shack.
I would use pallet wrap to make a stack of supers air-tight, which saved on
the need for a sealed room, and had the advantage of letting one work in
one's barn in the right weather.
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