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The vaporiser is ok, today i took a car battery and it worked. No problem vaporising all the six hives

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Eidoct Oxalic Acid Vaporizer Evaporator Treatment Bee Varroa Mites Beekeeping tool 12V 150W

Hi Dani I brought a yaber Car jump starter model no.yr800 but it didn't work. Should i have bought a charger rather than a car jump or can you give me the model and make of your car jump starter. look forward to your reply and advice Regards

Since i am just going to be using it for vaporising(i have 6 hives), would the charger/jumper die while not in use. should i be charging it or do they keep the charge Regards

Hi Is it possible to use a car charger/battery jump starter to run vaporisers, if so, any suggestions. appreciate your kind replies

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Hi today i went and bought the 500g oxalic acid from thornes, but the lady who served me warned me that this was only for bleaching the hives, is the thornes 500g oxalic acid safe for vaporising?. Are there different ones for vaporising. she was telling me to buy the 35g api-bioxal for...

Hi Could you please put up a photo of what the finished item looks like with the xt60 connectors and how it is connected to the car starter/booster and to the varrox. Kind Regards

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I thought the foragers go out. do foragers become laying workers?

The idea of the shake out, is to get rid of the laying workers, as they'll not be able to find their way home (as they've never foraged and have no sense of direction). Is this true? Don't the laying worker bees fly out? If not, then they would not be able to find their way back

Thank you for your kind reply, but plz dont tell me that i have not checked it for a month, i normally check them every seven days, the reason it went on to 10 days was because of the bad weather we have been having. when i said 10 days please believe me Kind regards

I checked it 10 days ago, i saw the queen also sealed brood, i didnt pay attention to the capped honey. i looked at the board under the floor, there were not much torn capping