vaping ... what about the beekeeper ?

[citrus]

looks like this vaping is a good solution to varoa but do you the beekeeper need to take any precautions ?

...my dear old dad did lots of stuff with spraying paints and pesticides and turning wood and grinding metal .. and not always paying attention to the elf n safety advice and ended up getting a nasty cancer which saw him off 5 years ago and he suggested I don't make the same mistakes he did !

 

[For want of a better word]

https://www.screwfix.com/p/jsp-force-8-half-mask-without-filters/22485

+ paint vapour filters.... at a minimum!

 

[Jimmy]

Acidic gases filters even better.
3m 6059 ABEK1 filter is the one I've been recommended and use. Plus 5935 p3 particulate filters.

 

[JWF]

P3 filters are required as the OA is present as a very finely divided solid. Acid gas filters are not required, as the OA is not present as a vapour - it desublimates back to a solid very soon after leaving whatever device is being used.

 

[Swarm]

Agreed, P3 filter. Plus the usual common sense.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I have one of these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/3M-4255-Ma...ds=p3+mask&dpPl=1&dpID=51PnHOCgEsL&ref=plSrch

 

[Swarm]

I have one of these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/3M-4255-Ma...ds=p3+mask&dpPl=1&dpID=51PnHOCgEsL&ref=plSrch

But no common sense?

 

[REDWOOD]

That's the one I use too, with or without common sense

 

[protheroe]

Me too

 

[Erichalfbee]

But no common sense?

I’m a hobby beekeeper.
Sense abandoned me when I started.

 

[madasafish]

I wait till the wind direction means excess vapour blows away from me. And wear PPE..The cows in the next door field might suffer tho'

 

[Millet]

I wait till the wind direction means excess vapour blows away from me. And wear PPE..The cows in the next door field might suffer tho'

I wear only my normal clothes .. just keep your distance from the vapour produced as it tickles your lungs for a second or two...

 

[Eyeman]

I have one of these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/3M-4255-Ma...ds=p3+mask&dpPl=1&dpID=51PnHOCgEsL&ref=plSrch

It's important that you feel safe and secure when exposed to the OAV's. I found the half face masks didn't feel totally secure so went for the 3M full masks:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FYNN... Face Mask, Medium, 6800, EN safety certified

 

[Bakerbee]

This is why i trickle.

 

[enrico]

This is why i trickle.

I would see a doctor for that.....
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[Eyeman]

This is why i trickle.

You lose out on the versatility of OAV. Can be used when brood in present, a couple of OAV over winter more likely to catch most of the mites than a single dribble as it's difficult to know when colony has minimal brood.
I do agree that dribbling is much safer than OAV.

 

[Bakerbee]

Yes i understand that. I only have 3 hives so apiguard late summer and trickle in mid winter. Do you think that is enough?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes i understand that. I only have 3 hives so apiguard late summer and trickle in mid winter. Do you think that is enough?

Yes quite likely so for this year.
Do you monitor regularly? It’s worth doing a sugar shake or alcohol wash a month after treating in case your bees have been out robbing.

 

[For want of a better word]

Yes quite likely so for this year.
Do you monitor regularly? It’s worth doing a sugar shake or alcohol wash a month after treating in case your bees have been out robbing.

I need an internal alcohol wash before I do the Sugar Shake....

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




Nos da

 

[Erichalfbee]

I need an internal alcohol wash before I do the Sugar Shake....

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




Nos da

That’s a nifty number.
Do you practice at home?