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    The future is already here in a more persistent application of oxalic by mixing with glycerin and soaking in cellulose(cardboard) strips, it works!
    https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/sh...ad.php?t=38743

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    Quote Originally Posted by mbc View Post
    The future is already here in a more persistent application of oxalic by mixing with glycerin and soaking in cellulose(cardboard) strips, it works!
    https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/sh...ad.php?t=38743

    I thought I'd have a bash at this. It does seem to work although it is NOT an instant or rapid cure. One hive i had at the start of spring 2017 was very week covering only about 2x cricket size ball of bees and dropping loads of mites. Nothing to loose so had a bash at the towel thing, at first not much seemed to happen but the mite drop was steady, after about 4 weeks the small (~2- 3 inch diameter) brood size increased, a month later the (small) population began to rise with mites still dropping. By mid may it was covering ~3 frames with low mite drop. By late july a super was added and got about 10 lbs honey and hardly any mite drop. On seeing some success, more hives were treated with same at mid august and I am now very pleased with the results obtained. I have continuously monitored varroa floors and levels are acceptable. I definitely feel this method does work and could be applied as a "continuous" treatment given that there is no contamination of harvested honey

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    Seeing as oxalic levels in honey from colonies repeatedly treated with ox trickle (where there is a likelihood of some ingestion ) aren't elevated then I can't see an issue with the ox/gly which they're simply discarding out of the way.

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    Is there not an issue here with the legality of "home made" oxalic treatments?

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    mbc ... where's the data for that? The only work I'm aware of (New Zealand?) measured OA levels in honey the spring following a winter trickle.
    I'd love to see the evidence of what everyone wants to see.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fatshark View Post
    mbc ... where's the data for that? The only work I'm aware of (New Zealand?) measured OA levels in honey the spring following a winter trickle.
    I'd love to see the evidence of what everyone wants to see.
    Not sure about the original data but I read it on Randy Oliver 's website,,,,,so it must be true.
    http://scientificbeekeeping.com/oxal...towel-updates/
    Last edited by mbc; 11-11-2017 at 07:14 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Poly Hive View Post
    Is there not an issue here with the legality of "home made" oxalic treatments?

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    No one's claiming it's entirely legal, neither was trickle for a good decade while some forward thinking beekeepers were using it.
    In fact, aren't most still outside the law unless they're paying over the odds for an inferior product in apibioxal?

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    So everyone is lying on their records?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Poly Hive View Post
    So everyone is lying on their records?

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    I couldn't possibly comment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Poly Hive View Post
    So everyone is lying on their records?

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    Mislaid.

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