WRONG! Crisco is 100% vegetable shortening; Lard is animal fat.
 
Do not use lard.
 
 
On Sun, 2 Nov 1997 17:16:52 -0500 Walt Barricklow
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>Crisco is a brand name for lard.  It is cooking grease, in a can or
>tin. It
>act to hold things together, at least until it gets warm, then it
>becomes
>soft, or even will become liquid.
>
>
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>> From: Bee1Bob1 <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Crisco and menthol
>> Date: Sunday, November 02, 1997 2:05 PM
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I`m a UK beekeeper and I have just discovered Varroa in my hives!
>>
>> I don`t like using hard chemicals and so the use of natural oils
>like
>menthol
>> to control mites sounds interesting but what is Crisco and what role
>does
>it
>> have in the process? Just a solvent? - are there any others?
>>
>> Yours
>>           Bob
>