Wand-style Oxalic Acid Vaporizer Treatment//OAV Treatment//Varroa Mite Treatment

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9 ай бұрын

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Oxalic Acid is a naturally occurring substance found in things like Spinach and Wood Sorrel. It's my natural choice to treat my colonies against Varroa Mites.
Used correctly, safely and consistently, you will keep the mites at a manageable level which allows your hives to thrive.
Watch as I demonstrate how to operate the wand-style OAV in this simple yet effective treatment method.

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@0hleg 9 ай бұрын

What do you do for circulation with ventilation and moisture when overwintering. What’s your setup like thanks for the help.

@thehivedoctor13 9 ай бұрын

I have holes drilled in the face of my boxes, especially my quilting box. The bees circulate the air as needed. Air in and up and out the top.

@champinsoccer9 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your video. It helped so much. I just did my treatment for the first time ever. my bees are in the hiveIQ and there were so many bees even after smoking them they were hanging down on the frames so far i couldnt get the tool all the way in there. Luckily the hiveIQ has a nice bottom board with vents so i had to let the vapor go in from there which actually worked our beautifully.. they were banging on the door to get out! Then some ghostly bees came out. But i must ask, what do the bees do in the wild where theres no humans to do mite treatment

@thehivedoctor13 8 ай бұрын

Ha! Sounds like an awesome experience 🤣. Good question…because of Varroa, feral colonies don’t usually survive since they cannot be treated. 🐝

@user-iq2ch5iy8e 8 ай бұрын

1) if its not safe for us to breathe, will it harm the bees or honey? 2) “Bearding”…a technical term?? 🤔😆

@thehivedoctor13 8 ай бұрын

Somehow it doesn’t harm the bees. And bearding is when hundreds of bees hang out on the front of the hive. 😁🐝🐝

@champinsoccer9 8 ай бұрын

I just did my first treatment.. ever. This is my first hive. I accidentally breathed some of it and I got a buzz plus a headache from hell. But it seemed to have worked on the bees!

@thehivedoctor13 8 ай бұрын

@champinsoccer9 Oh no!!😅