At 08:26 AM 6/20/97 -0400, you wrote:
>This is cut out of the instructions from Dr. Rodriguez
>
> At present, oil is applied from a bottle (similar to a honey bear) with a
>spout with an opening of 1/16" diameter.  Oil is applied steadily, along
>the top bars leaving a continuous line of oil measuring approximately the
>size of a thin noodle.
>
>So don/t get in such an uproar..
>
>Jim
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>On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Aaron Morris wrote:
>
>> > Date:    Thu, 19 Jun 1997 17:10:20 EDT
>> > From:    Leigh Wiley <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Subject: <none>
>> >
>> > I tried using mineral oil on my bees and was surprised by 1) the
>> > uproar it caused ( it appeared to disrupt the hives for the rest of
>> > the day), and 2) the several dozen dead bees on the bottom boards 1/2
>> > hour later!  I was really concerned that I might have done in the queen
>> > but it appears that the ones that died were the ones hit directly by the
>> > oil as I applied it. Still I have some concerns about using oil for this
>> > reason. I used a honey bear squeeze jar to apply but perhaps the hole
>> > was too big? The mineral oil was labled as being for "intestinal use".
>> > Any suggestions?
>> >
>>
>> Yes, a suggestion is to read the instructions first!  I don't know where
>> you got the idea of using a honey bear to squirt the mineral oil onto
>> the top bars, but that's not what Dr. Rodriguez recommended and in fact
>> if you had bothered to investigate his proposal you would have found
>> cautions against using too much FOOD GRADE mineral oil in the hive.  Dr.
>> R cautioned that too much mineral oil will have the same effect on your
>> bees as it will on the target mites, and that effect is DEATH!
>> Armed with the idea that mineral oil will cure mites is as we say in
>> the systems programming business, "knowing enough to be dangerous!".
>> Please folks, if you're going to try Dr. R's treatment, read the
>> instructions first.  If you haven't read instructions or haven't heard
>> Dr. R speak or don't understand fully the mechanisms behind his
>> recommended treatments, DON'T USE THEM!  If you understand fully his
>> proposed treatments you will understand that you too are experimenting
>> with an as yet unsanctioned (and to my knowledge unpublished) treatment
>> and there is room for your experiments to go awry.
>>
>> Forgive my tirade, but when I read of some half cocked application
>> offing ones' bees as warned, I get upset!
>>
>> Aaron Morris - Thinking a little knowledge is a dangerous thing!
>>
>Must be the heat has everyone a little testy.