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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => DISEASE & PEST CONTROL => Topic started by: Aroc on February 15, 2017, 04:37:08 pm
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I currently have a wand vaporizer. I like it. It works okay but recently I've noticed home made vaporizers that work a bit differently. They blow the vapor onto the hive. They seem to me to be quicker and less invasive than the wand type.
I don't really have the ability to make one unless the instructions were simple and easy to understand. I do wood not electronics....
At any rate just wondering if anyone has found a decent one being sold on line?
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Are you speaking of the heat gun style?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1VKdGVFOaI
Check my video out.
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Yeah I think so
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There's also the Sublimox. This is smaller and neater than the heat gun model shown above. OA is dropped into an appropriately heated sealed chamber with a small nozzle. The sublimation forces the OA vapour out of the nozzle. All you need is a 7mm hole through the base of the floor. Pressure is sufficient to get fully spread within the hive within about 25 seconds.
Here's a post with a linked video showing the vapour 'jet' generated : http://theapiarist.org/sublimox/ (http://theapiarist.org/sublimox/)
and another with a video of the Sublimox in use : http://theapiarist.org/late-arrivals/ (http://theapiarist.org/late-arrivals/)
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That's more what I'm looking for but that particular one is a European device. I was able to find a website but.......
I would like to find one that is a little closer to home and easier to obtain.
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I currently have a wand vaporizer. I like it. It works okay but recently I've noticed home made vaporizers that work a bit differently. They blow the vapor onto the hive. They seem to me to be quicker and less invasive than the wand type.
I don't really have the ability to make one unless the instructions were simple and easy to understand. I do wood not electronics....
At any rate just wondering if anyone has found a decent one being sold on line?
Take care with the OA vapor it can affect your kidney function.
Investigate what is going on with OA and glycerine, this is a much simpler and safer way of administering OA