Winter Oxalic Acid wand treatment on Apimaye bottom boards! (Beekeeping)

I wanted to get this done before the holiday season got busier and when a nice day presented itself here in Georgia. Purpose of this video is to show the viewer a possible solution for treating your beehives that have Apimaye bottom boards (plastic) with a standard oxalic acid wand. This instruction is to provide a way to not melt your Apimaye bottom board during treatment. Let me know in the comments below if you have any questions! Merry Christmas!

Intro 0:00
Equipment run down 3:29
Solution for Apimaye bottom boards and an oxalic wand 6:37
Practice run solution (dummy hive) 10:06
Practice run results (dummy hive) 15:00
Testing the wand on the active hives 16:12
Final thoughts 32:00

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[guymcdonald]

Not bad. I built myself a 1/2 thick plywood bottom board that is same dimensions as Apimaye's bottom board. I cut out a hole in the center almost the same size as heating pan. Attached wand underneath the new board. When ever I need to OA my bees, I walk to back of hive, I slide out the Apimaye bottom board. I load a dose in pan and slide new bottom in and give the bees a treatment. Bottom is totally sealed. No smoker needed. No screwdriver needed. No OA shirt needed.