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  • by Rob Pollock

When to Reduce Your Hive Entrance (and When to Open It Back Up)

Too open in September and you invite a robbing frenzy. Too closed in July and you cook a strong colony. The whole entrance-reducer calendar on one page, from a new package in spring to a mouse-proof door in November.

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Does Oxalic Acid Vaporization Actually Work? – Lorob Bees Oxalic Acid Talk
  • by Rob Pollock

Does Oxalic Acid Vaporization Actually Work? What the Studies Show

Peer-reviewed answers to the two arguments that never go away: whether vaporizing works, and whether treating at all is the problem. Including the studies that did not flatter the method.

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What Temperature Should an Oxalic Acid Vaporizer Run At? – Lorob Bees Oxalic Acid Talk
  • by Rob Pollock

What Temperature Should an Oxalic Acid Vaporizer Run At?

Everyone repeats that oxalic acid breaks down above 375°F. That number is a melting point, not a threshold, and the measurements point the other way: a hotter, faster pan delivers more intact acid, not less.

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Lorob Bees is the primary US seller of the InstantVap, the cordless oxalic acid vaporizer that runs on the 18V or 20V tool battery you already own. Every unit is checked, shipped and serviced from our shop in Baltimore, with a two-year warranty and a phone number that reaches a beekeeper.