Blane White wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Allen asks:
> "Any ideas what the response will be to naturally occurring substances
> like
> oxalic acid?"
>
> Bob replied in part:
>
> "I don't know what the response might be to formic acid also."
>
> Oxalic acid is a different matter since there is no tolerance nor an
> exemption from tolerance for it in honey.

Since it occurs naturally in honey and all that I have seen indicates no
increase after treatment, I am not sure how you would determine that
Oxalic Acid was even used.

Formic does increase its concentration in honey, but goes down in time.
And from what Bob has said, Thymol gets into it also. Depending on what
you read, Oxalic does not increase its concentration, but that may be
because of autumn treatments and it has all winter to get back to normal
concentrations. But the "vaporizing treatment" people seem to indicate
it does not increase much at all just after treatment.

Interesting article on tasting all of them in honey.

http://www.apis.admin.ch/english/pdf/BeeProducts/Sens98_e.pdf

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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