Treating hives with Oxalic Acid

Late fall is the perfect time to treat hives with oxalic acid vapor.
Here I demonstrate using the battery operated oxalic acid vaporizer. A must have tool.

[danno]

You really helped me a lot showing me how you use this to put on what kills the Mites. I have SUBSCRIBED! Much appreciated…

[richardhyatt-beekeeping]

Good review. I just treated 9 hives today. It took me about ten minutes each. Watched most of this before treating just as a reminder to myself. Thanks.

[karlfowler]

I used one of those vaporizers one time. The whole time I had it in my hive I was terrified it would set my hive on fire. Used it once, put it back in the box and ordered a vaporizer that heats the OA outside of the hive.

[VidKatMA]

I love treating my (1) hive w/OAV. Cheap & Easy to use. I go in thru the BACK where the pest tray goes which keeps the hot wand Under the screened bottom & away from the Bee's feetzies. 😊🐝👍 and if I had more than a few hives, I would get a 2nd wand to lessen the wait time between each treatment. 👍 I also hit them with Formic Pro late Fall & early Spring. 💞 Mites must die! ☠☠☠ Thank You for the video.

[jmom]

Thank you! Very timely and helpful! ❤️🐝🐝 in Northern IL

[randalljarnigan]

I like to keep a bucket of water to stick the hot wand in to cool it down before the next hive.

[idahopotato]

1 gram or 1/4 teaspoon per brood chamber. That double needs a double dose.

[coastalbuzz]

Hi Peter. Was wondering if the very hot wand could put the queen at risk? Always in the back of my mind when treating and finding some bees that weren’t so lucky.

[cheyennesmith]

Do you not have to worry about the hot wand catching wax/frames on fire?

[wadebarnes]

Are you bee's still swimming I have had two swarms in the last 3 weeks and one 3 weeks ago and one today

[coonlakehoneybees]

Really appreciate your insights and innovations Peter. But, the directions are wrong, forget "approval". Keeping in mind our northern climate dosing varies because of limited Fall-Winter brood (bloodlessness) Me, I've seen double stacked Nucs hit with as much as 5 grams with zero adverse effects, to the bees. 3 grams per supers is currently the most common dosage.

You might want to refer to the University of Georgia Honey Bee research facility (Jennifer Berry and Lewis Bartlett). Also Dr. Cameron Jack U of F. Or see Jul 25, 2021 "Oxalic Acid Mite Treatment Research, Part 1 of 3" series for aa video interview.

I'd be hard pressed to name another commercial beekeeper that still uses only 1 gram per super. And one of the great sides of using higher doses is that the bees fan more thus further
circulating the OA to further spread.

Not to criticize but hoping to bring us all up to date. The funny thing is that no one yet knows how OA kills the mites.

[johnskrabak]

I’m intrigued by OA fogging. I saw a YouTube where a combination of OA, distilled water, and vegetable glycerin sticks to the inside of the hive v crystals upon cooling. Your thoughts? Thanks in advance.

[noahriding]

Hi Peter.

I wanted to ask you if there's a way to treat bees with oxalic acid with a non-vapor delivery system? Or maybe in sugar syrup and have it be effective still?

I can't be around acid vapor and crap because of respiratory problems. But I don't want to have dead bees.

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Also I hear different rates of how often to use oxalyc acid in the # of times used per year also? I'd heard people in my area used to do twice in the spring, and then twice in the fall. But now they say that's not working as well. What would you suggest for frequency?

[xyalbo]

Poor young man, with your knees on the ground.
Read about ALUEN CAP, thats much More comfortable and More effektive against the Mites