so I hurt my shoulder back in september and couldn't tote the car battery around to use my OA Vaporizer so my bees didn't get treated. October, I don't remember what that disaster was. November, I went to bee club. Whereupon a young man named Jason who is a 3rd generation beekeeper with a LOT more hives than I have was telling people about his new Oxalic Acid Vaporizing system.
Clue: involves an insecticide fogger powered by propane. https://www.amazon.com/Burgess-1644...sr=8-2&keywords=burgess+propane+insect+fogger
The price on this has gone up, I spent about $65 on mine, and I think Walmart has them.
There are youtube videos on using a fogger to treat bees for varroa mites with oxalic acid.
A 8 oz or 16 oz or even quart canning jar will thread onto the bottom of the fogger. You must mix the oxalic acid with Everclear or some other very pure ethyl alcohol, and the fogger must never be used with real insecticides. So visit youtube, I'll try to post some links in a comment, and take a look at this. Compared to 3 minutes with a standard vaporizer connected to your car battery, this 3 or 4 puffs, and it knocks out the mites without killing the bees. (according to my hives, which I really need to go through soon)
Clue: involves an insecticide fogger powered by propane. https://www.amazon.com/Burgess-1644...sr=8-2&keywords=burgess+propane+insect+fogger
The price on this has gone up, I spent about $65 on mine, and I think Walmart has them.
There are youtube videos on using a fogger to treat bees for varroa mites with oxalic acid.
A 8 oz or 16 oz or even quart canning jar will thread onto the bottom of the fogger. You must mix the oxalic acid with Everclear or some other very pure ethyl alcohol, and the fogger must never be used with real insecticides. So visit youtube, I'll try to post some links in a comment, and take a look at this. Compared to 3 minutes with a standard vaporizer connected to your car battery, this 3 or 4 puffs, and it knocks out the mites without killing the bees. (according to my hives, which I really need to go through soon)