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  1. Trickling treats

    Yesterday my bees (bar one colony at home) got their mid-winter sweet and sour treat. Previously I've used the 4.5% oxalic acid dihydrate recipe (which some call 3.2% oxalic as that would be the weight/volume strength if people used anhydrous oxalic acid). This really confuses people. There has been a lot of stuff posted in various places recently and not all of it is right.

    The standard recipe - as has been posted elsewhere on this site - is:

    75g + 1000g sugar + 1000ml ...

    Updated 31-12-2011 at 01:56 PM by gavin

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