On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:24:44 -0000, Peter Edwards
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>
> I note that these pages state that the oxalic solution will only keep
> for a short time (and that is what I have always understood) - but I do
> not know why. Is it unstable?
>
I read somewhere that HMF increase quite rapidly to toxic (to bees)
levels, presumably due to the acidity of the OA. Refrigeration should slow
things down.
Regards, John Burgess
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