Stupid question. For a hive with 2 deeps and/or more, how do you treat each deep with 4 grams without damaging a frame? I get the very bottom deep shooting through the front but how do you treat the 2nd brood box above without damaging a frame? Upon inspection, any frame near where an access hole was made, after OA was vaporized, the bees stopped building or storing on that frame….. Almost need a cooler OA delivery….. I know that’s counterproductive to the sublimation process just need to know if I should repeat the dose again for bigger hives. Thanks!
I would never ever put 8 grams of OA into a box of bees.. EVER. 4g through the font door only on a double deep should be the maximum. Putting too much OA on the colony when its not needed can stress the queen and cause various other issues. On a second note it can also be related to things other then OA, i have followed a few roads like this over the years and each time have found that it just tends to be a statistics in the colony that two events are going on at the same time but only noticed post a treatment event. Oxalic acid is found naturally in the hive, the honey and even in the wax due to its natural properties. During the sublimination process it is not degraded or changed therefor having no negative effect on the bees. Some have even mentioned that it stimulates the colonies though that theory has not been proven.
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Stupid question. For a hive with 2 deeps and/or more, how do you treat each deep with 4 grams without damaging a frame? I get the very bottom deep shooting through the front but how do you treat the 2nd brood box above without damaging a frame? Upon inspection, any frame near where an access hole was made, after OA was vaporized, the bees stopped building or storing on that frame….. Almost need a cooler OA delivery….. I know that’s counterproductive to the sublimation process just need to know if I should repeat the dose again for bigger hives. Thanks!
I would never ever put 8 grams of OA into a box of bees.. EVER. 4g through the font door only on a double deep should be the maximum. Putting too much OA on the colony when its not needed can stress the queen and cause various other issues.
On a second note it can also be related to things other then OA, i have followed a few roads like this over the years and each time have found that it just tends to be a statistics in the colony that two events are going on at the same time but only noticed post a treatment event. Oxalic acid is found naturally in the hive, the honey and even in the wax due to its natural properties. During the sublimination process it is not degraded or changed therefor having no negative effect on the bees. Some have even mentioned that it stimulates the colonies though that theory has not been proven.