On 16-Jun-15, at 9:41 PM, David Tharle wrote:

>   We used to really stack up the big pails, but found that the pads  
> didn't fill evenly.

Hi Dave and all

Thanks for this!  The Pres of our local Beek club, back when Medhat  
first proposed the mite wipe idea here in Ontario, told us that it  
wasn't necessary to measure anything because dri-loc 50s automatically  
took up 50ml of formic acid.  He took the pads out of the pail with  
BBQ tongs, allowed the excess to run out and then dropped the soaking  
pad onto the top bars.  Several of us expressed concern that the  
soaking pads likely had too much acid, but what did we know!  He  
didn't freeze the pads as you do and splashed formic in his eyes when  
the pail he was lifting caught the tail gate of his truck.

Being a small beek(never more than 20 colonies), I load my pads in the  
beeyard with a horse syringe(the syringe fits in the neck of a gallon  
jug).  The care that you take, as described in your previous post,  
allows the mite wipe method to be used by larger operators.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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