Allen, thanks for the info. on Oxalic Acid metabolites - but looking at my original comments, this
doesn't really answer my question!

If I was wanting to use Oxalic Acid in an area that was infested with acarine mites -  how and with
what would I tackle the situation.

This could be a possibility needs to be clarified, if Oxalic Acid becomes more popular as a
treatment against V.d.
Formic Acid is there at the moment, but has the disadvantage of being temp. dependent in its
efficiency in the hive environment, not to mention possible queen losses at a most inopportune
moment - hence the advantage of Oxalic. (Will be interesting to see if studies being conducted into
possible Formic Acid treatment in winter housing conditions comes to fruition).

So returning to original point in question, is it possible to treat against acarine at the same time
as using Oxalic Acid?, or are subsidiary trips into apiaries required before or after. This eats up
time during a period when the weather is possibly closing in on the colony.
Just trying to come to some sort of decision between Formic or Oxalic. At the moment it's swings and
roundabouts!!