Oxalic Acid Treatment for Honey Bees Using Cardboard Strips

Want to treat your bees for mites? Here is a method we tried using oxalic acid and glycerine applied to cardboard strips.
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[@liviudumitrieade5907]

Good job to tell everyone!

[@ShanesWorld777]

Thank you very much for this highly informative video! Much appreciated!

[@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801]

Thanks so much for that, best wishes from the UK😅

[@KajunHomestead]

👍🏻

[@Swarmstead]

What country are you in? Is this an approved way to deliver OA?

[@jamskinner]

I thought you are treatment free. So why worry?

[@thehoneycompany]

We are in the US. It is approved here, but I'm not sure about other countries. Is there a local veterinarian or bee inspector you could ask?

[@Swarmstead]

Where can I find the article about treatment free beekeepers like myself ruining beekeeping?

[@thehoneycompany]

I can’t remember where I saw that one, but I’ve seen a number over the years.

[@thehoneycompany]

Also, I don’t agree with the idea that treatment free beekeepers are “ruining” anything.

[@Meli_Alexandrias]

Can I use it if it's 40 celcius mid-day?

[@alessandroeusepi]

Grazie molto utile

[@storyoc]

what about using the sugar roll method to get a mite count???

[@thehoneycompany]

You can find a video about that here ua-cam.com/video/iuBX3CtM4m4/v-deo.html or longer version with a couple methods here ua-cam.com/video/Ei6SIg7MGD0/v-deo.html.

[@robinkennedy9974]

Sounds like the wife came home.

[@laurettagalm7103]

Why test & kill bees if your just going to treat anyway

[@stanleyjones6705]

how else can you know the treatment is effective?

[@thehoneycompany]

Good question. Stan wishes he never had to treat his bees (and sometimes he doesn’t because he prefers treatment-free beekeeping, but we also needs a livelihood). He goes back and forth about treatment decisions.
Ideally, we test for mites to decide if we are going to treat. It’s part of integrated pest management. IPM says to test and then treat when mite levels are above your economic threshold, and don’t treat when they are not.

[@laurettagalm7103]

​@stanleyjones6705 why you test again after TX to see if it works