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 <[log in to unmask]> writes: >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. > > >---------- >> 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 >