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Can oxalic acid vaporization be used with honey supers on?

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2Sox:
Apparently, this question has been asked before and I'm not clear on what the consensus on this subject is.  Fat Bee Man does it with supers on all the time and has no problem with it. I'd like to know what you opinions are and what your experiences have been.  Thanks.

rockink:
Seems like this is with everything else when it comes to beekeeping. Lots of opinions and I'm not sure there is any proof that you shouldn't do an OA treatment with honey supers on.

However I think it also matters if your selling honey or not. I personally wouldn't buy honey if I knew it was treated but then again I'm sure there tons of things I've eaten that i wouldn't have if I knew the back story.

If my verroa count is really high and you need to do something quickly I would but then I probably wouldn't harvest the honey or most likely just remove any drawn and capped honey frames.

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iddee:
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm says

"Oxalic acid applications are for outdoor use only and should be used only in late fall or early spring when little or no brood is present. DO NOT use when honey supers are in place to prevent contamination of honey".

https://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/Oxalic-Acid-Kit

texanbelchers:
The label says no:  https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0043-0018


I have seen it advocated that the supers could be removed, do the treatment, then put them back on.  Since the OAV has a 3-5 day effective period, I suspect it would migrate into the supers to some extent.

2Sox:
Wow.  This is VERY useful information.  Thank you all very much.

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