Oxalic Acid Talk
InstantVap vs ProVap vs Varrox Eddy: Cordless Oxalic Acid Vaporizers Compared
Shopping for an oxalic acid vaporizer means choosing between the InstantVap, the ProVap 110 and 18-20, and the Varrox Eddy. Here is how they compare on power, speed, hives per charge, price and who answers the phone.
Oxalic acid vaporization is simple and safe when you respect the vapor. The exact respirator and cartridges to wear, what the EPA label requires, a step-by-step treatment with an InstantVap, and the mistakes that cause burns.
Which Oxalic Acid Should You Use to Treat Bees? EZ-OX vs Api-Bioxal vs Wood Bleach
Not all oxalic acid is legal, and not all of it burns clean. What EPA registration means, why we recommend EZ-OX from Mike's Bees in Ohio, how Api-Bioxal differs, and why wood bleach is off the table.
Four cordless oxalic acid vaporizers, one decision. Here is exactly how the InstantVap Lite, Compact, Original and Turbo differ in speed, battery draw, features and price, and which one fits your hive count.
Fighting on the landing board, dead bees, frantic traffic at a weak hive. Robbing. How to recognize it, the fastest ways to shut it down, and why the hive being robbed is probably handing its mites to every colony you own.
No eggs, a loud roar, cranky bees. Maybe queenless. Maybe not. The signs, the timeline, the test frame that settles it, how to fix laying workers, and the mite collapse that gets misdiagnosed as a bad queen every fall.
Nosema in Honey Bees: Symptoms, Why Dysentery Isn't Diagnosis, and What the Research Actually Says
Brown streaks on the front of the hive and everyone says 'nosema.' Usually it isn't. What Nosema ceranae and apis actually do, how to diagnose them, where fumagillin stands, and what a 3,500-colony study found about nosema versus mites.
Winter Bees: What They Are, When They're Raised, and Why Colonies Die in January
A colony that looked perfect in October and was dead by February didn't freeze or starve. Its winter bees were damaged as pupae in August. What winter bees are, why they're different, and the one treatment window that decides it.
Neither one is a death sentence, and neither one has a magic cure. EFB and chalkbrood show up when a colony is stressed. Here is how to tell them apart from each other (and from AFB), and how to remove the stress.