Above the sublimation temperature of oxalic acid (314 degrees F) the remaining minor components of the material are only briefly in a vapor, before everything cools back down.
Does oxalic acid ruin honey?
That is, oxalic acid (API-Bioxal™) cannot be used when honey supers are on unless specified on the EPA-approved product label or supplemental product label. Use of oxalic acid that does not adhere to what is specified on the label would be considered a violation and is subject to enforcement under FIFRA.12 Mar 2021
Is oxalic acid legal?
API-Bioxal™ (EPA Registration Number 91266-1-73291) is currently the only legally registered oxalic acid dihydrate product in the United States that can be used to treat varroa mites. Oxalic acid is ubiquitous in the environment, found naturally in many plants and vegetables, as well as in honey.12 Mar 2021
How much oxalic acid do I use?
How much Oxalic Acid is used in the OAV process? The recommended dosage is one gram per brood chamber. Most have two brood chambers, so use two grams (which is very close to V2 a teaspoonful. You could use a 12 teaspoon measure in lieu of two one gram (V4 teaspoons).
How long do you vaporize oxalic acid?
Vaporizers take 2.5 minutes to vaporize OA. The current is disconnected after the time limit and the vaporizer remains in the hive another two minutes to finish vaporizing. One should test fire" their vaporizer prior to using as batteries in various states of age may take longer.
How do you mix fogger and oxalic acid?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ-d2-JM2u4
How much oxalic acid do you use to treat bees?
The trickle or solution method is taking the acid and mixing it with a warm 1:1 sugar-to-water solution. Next, the solution is drawn into a syringe and 5 ml is trickled (scientific term for “dribbly drop”) down the seam between each frame and directly onto the bees; the maximum dose is 50 ml per colony (5mls per seam).25 May 2015
How do you make an oxalic vaporizer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R--yQm5Zcw
How do you use Provap 110?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TpeULh0jXY
How do you use a gas VAP?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2yaxxh5Vis
How do you treat oxalic acid and varroa mites?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65g78v_p-MY
Does oxalic acid hurt bees?
Any treatment applied indiscriminately can harm your bees and this is certainly true with oxalic acid. The approved use of oxalic acid in the hive - using the documented procedures and cautions - will be just fine. But don't deviate from that, since overuse can indeed be harmful to your bees.
How often can I use oxalic acid on bees?
They treat once in the Winter when colonies are naturally broodless, and once again in the late Summer after inducing an artificial state of broodlessness by caging their queens for 21 days.25 May 2015