Hi all,
 
Lets sort this out once and for all......
 
  In the UK mineral oil equals liquid parrafin.  Mineral oil is not
the same as parrafin oil which is used in domestic heaters (eg  such
as those used in greenhouses).
 
Baby oil is mineral oil BUT has other substances added, do not use
baby oil!
 
Ask your chemist/pharmacist/agricultural merchant for pure light
liquid parrafin , if you are still confused !!
 
 
Go to a reputable pharmacist, drug house, chemist , whatever...
Ask any pharmacist to look up the MEREK INDEX 11th edtion, page 7141,
item 7139, Petrolatum,liquid.  (otherwise known as mineral
oil,parrafin oil, other tradenames are :Clearteck,Drakeol,Hevyteck
etc... etc.. ) Any pharmacist who is creditable will recognise this
reference!  This is what you want, NOTHING else will do.
 
QED
 
regards
Philip Earle
 
 
 
On Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:13:37 +0100 Vita Vydra wrote:
 
> From: Vita Vydra <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:13:37 +0100
> Subject: mineral oil = paraffin oil?
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> On  5 Jun 97 at 19:23, Dr. Pedro Rodriguez wrote:
>
> >  In  Europe (I should have remembered)
> > mineral oil is known as
> > paraffin oil.  It is the same thing.
>
>
> Is it really the same thing? I have applied paraffin oil
> recently with no success. Das anyone in Europe have possitive
> experience with paraffin oil or liquid paraffin as varroa
> treatment?
>
> Vita Vydra