Duration of Oxalic Acid on Bees

[Sutty]

what kind of lunatic would 'shook swarm' at any time?

Done it once to populate a TBH from my national. The frames with brood & stores went to make a very full single brood into double.

 

[Erichalfbee]

The frames with brood & stores went to make a very full single brood into double.

You are saving the brood that way. If you are doing it for varroa control though, the brood is killed

 

[North End Bees]

Did they put Ratnieks in jail for doing exhaustive studies vaping twice in winter?

I suppose he had a licence for exemption as Randy Oliver did when he was doing his OA towels trials.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I suppose he had a licence for exemption as Randy Oliver did when he was doing his OA towels trials.

It was a rhetorical question. It seems such a shame that a research paper throws up something you are not allowed to do even though it’s safe and effective.