Oxalic Acid Respirater

[Stung]

I was wondering what Respirator I should get for treating with Oxalic Acid

 

[Cussword]

Stay upwind.

Wait for it...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Grow a beard, nice and bushy, long enough to stuff in your mouth when vaping - if you wax your moustaches as well you can stick one up each nostril to make doubly sure you don't inhale anything

 

[Cussword]

Grow a beard, nice and bushy, long enough to stuff in your mouth when vaping - if you wax your moustaches as well you can stick one up each nostril to make doubly sure you don't inhale anything

I just wax the beard!

Smaller than yours.

Did I just admit that

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[Truble]

I think it depends on the level of safety you wish or require. Upwind can be fine with passive vaporizers where you can move away from the hive when vaping....but winds do swirl around!. If using the faster pressurized vaporizers being downwind is not always possible and exposure does happen. I use a double filter of an acid vapor filter plus a P3 particulate filter on a half mask. I know this will be overkill and namby pamby to some........but they are the only pair of lungs I've got!
This is what I use.
3m 6000 series half mask reusable respirator 6200 medium or 6300 large
Filters plus additional holder for the P3 particulate filters are
3M 6059 ABEK1 Organic Acid Vapour Filters / 6000 SERIes
1 Pair 3M 501 Filter Retainer For Use 5000 6000 7000 Series particulate Filters
3M 5935 / P3 Particulate Filters

 

[Anduril]

I use http://www.screwfix.com/p/jsp-force-8-half-mask-without-filters/22485 plus goggles. Use the appropriate filters, I like them because I can test for leakage.

 

[Noddy]

I looked through my attic and found an old NBC suit and an S6 respirator - does the job

 

[B+.]

found an old NBC suit and an S6 respirator

Perhaps a little OTT?

 

[Millet]

Just lick your finger and stick your hand in the air, that is a Windometer that will tell you where to stand, if you are wearing gloves just look at the grass or trees to see which way they are blowing, that is 100% fail safe for me.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Just lick your finger and stick your hand in the air, that is a Windometer that will tell you where to stand, if you are wearing gloves just look at the grass or trees to see which way they are blowing, that is 100% fail safe for me.

At the demonstration I attended a few weeks ago a reasonably intact National hive with omf had the inspection board in, the sublimation unit slid in through the entrance and the gap stuffed with a foam strip.
The crownboard. And roof were on. The power applied for two/three minutes and then the unit allowed to cool then the foam removed and the device withdrawn.
A very faint wisp of vapour (condensed particles) was seen around the crownboard joint which dissipated without extending further than a few inches from the hive. There would be zero risk to anyone a few feet from the hive but for additional precaution being upwind and using a 3 metre cable would be belt and braces.
Reality rules!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yep.... a faint whisp is easy to avoid. Just don't forget to cool the vaporiser between the addition of the next dose of oxalic

 

[Truble]

Try licking your finger for wind direction if use one of these....if you dare.....watch the video on the page. Less than 1 minute per hive.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Try licking your finger for wind direction if use one of these....if you dare.....watch the video on the page. Less than 1 minute per hive.

Capacity of unit 50g OA - twenty or so hives per refill. Hardly a reasonable selection for the majority of forum beekeepers. If you have a big enough operation to warrant that device your not dealing with small beekeeping enterprises.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Bit strange for someone who has Zero hives according to its profile.
Smells a bit fishy to me.

 

[Millet]

Try licking your finger for wind direction if use one of these....if you dare.....watch the video on the page. Less than 1 minute per hive.

Do you think something like this could come in handy with a slight modification for those troublesome Varroa infested colonies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEN2LLpRNE

 

[Truble]

Capacity of unit 50g OA - twenty or so hives per refill. Hardly a reasonable selection for the majority of forum beekeepers. If you have a big enough operation to warrant that device your not dealing with small beekeeping enterprises.

I think it depends on the individual, if they want to spend 90+ minutes treating 9 hives at 10 minutes plus per hive or do the whole lot in around 10 minutes. It's not a whole lot more money.
I would have thought that providing information about one of the many alternatives to the usual passive vaping devices (that most still use) should be applauded, not denigrated. I had assumed (wrongly I'm sad to admit) that beekeepers on this enlightened forum had open minds about new ideas.
Sadly not it seems.
Please accept my apologies.

 

[For want of a better word]

I think it depends on the individual, if they want to spend 90+ minutes treating 9 hives at 10 minutes plus per hive or do the whole lot in around 10 minutes. It's not a whole lot more money.
I would have thought that providing information about one of the many alternatives to the usual passive vaping devices (that most still use) should be applauded, not denigrated. I had assumed (wrongly I'm sad to admit) that beekeepers on this enlightened forum had open minds about new ideas.
Sadly not it seems.
Please accept my apologies.

Apologie accepted... did you get your degree in laboratory cleaning BTW?

Yeghes da

 

[Truble]

Obviously not.
And I don't like to accept anything from someone who disproves of imports and keeps Italian bees.

 

[Eyeman]

I use http://www.screwfix.com/p/jsp-force-...-filters/22485 plus goggles. Use the appropriate filters, I like them because I can test for leakage.

Anduril
What filters are you using as there seems to be 3 choices but none for acids?

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Do you think something like this could come in handy with a slight modification for those troublesome Varroa infested colonies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEN2LLpRNE

"slight"?