>> Can you control the dose per hive? How much of the oxalic avid is broken down to water and carbon dioxide by the smoker heat? I think the dose is controlled very well; however as far as scientific answers I do not have that capacity, sorry, I am just not there yet. I will tell you what I have tried and you can judge for yourself, and hopefully you or someone else will be able to improve the method. I use strips of aluminum foil (about 1 inch by 6 inches) fold one end up about an inch and crease the sides to form a pocket to hold the oxalic acid dose. That pocket is placed over the deflector tip of the Pyropen inside the smoker; the long end of the foil strip is folded over the edge of my smoker to hold it in place when the smoker lid is closed. I should state for clarity that the deflector tip is the only part of the Pyropen that is inside the smoker, and that no other smoker fuel is used. I did experiment with adding oxalic acid with other fuels (thyme and anise hyssop) but it left too many questions that I could not answer. Also note that the Pyropens heat output is adjustable from about 25 to well over 100 watts. Cheers *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html