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Re: Facts about Oxalic Acid
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:47:51 +0100
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Robert Brenchley asked:

> How frequently can you use oxalic treatments? I'm sure I've read somewhere
> that if they're repeated within the life of a single generation of bees
> then
> the cumulative effect can kill bees

That seems to be the convential wisdom, but I have dripped oxalic (3.5%, 5ml
per seam) twice at an interval of two weeks with no apparent ill effect.

Peter Edwards
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