On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:23:04 -0500, bob harrison
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we haven't been able to get apicure through our supplier and to assure its
effectivness we really need to use apicure in August in Missouri.

I'm curious why must apicure be on by aug? mite level's will be to high or
for evaporation of the acid.  I used it this spring april 1 for the length
recommended, avg temperatures are less than in sept or oct in during april
and the evaporation rate was better than it would have been with menthol.
the key seemed to be how open you could get the package. I found it
impossible to cut the 'x' required and hold both end's and get the inner
cover on successfuly, so in most cases i only did one end, next week i
did the second end as the plastic seems to remember where it was over time.
i would say that the majority of the acid was gone at the end of the
required time. I did have some that seemed to not evaporate at all?
as to the effectivenes i don't have a count of mites b/4 and after but will
this fall.                      mike massachusetts