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Re: O A vaporization
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John Burgess <[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, 5 Dec 2006 19:31:05 -0000
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On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:24:44 -0000, Peter Edwards  
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:


>
> 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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