An Apology To Oxalic Acid

The course was being held at a biodynamic farm, just a short 20-minute drive from my house. Because I didn't know about the great courses offered by the New Jersey Beekeepers Association, at the time, this seemed like the best option. Throughout my tenure with Apis mellifera, I have read a shel...

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Published in:Bee Culture 2018-12, Vol.146 (12), p.63-64
Main Author: Mortimer, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acids
Agriculture
Beekeeping
Bees
Biodynamic farming
Bombs
Infestation
Oxalic acid
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Summary:The course was being held at a biodynamic farm, just a short 20-minute drive from my house. Because I didn't know about the great courses offered by the New Jersey Beekeepers Association, at the time, this seemed like the best option. Throughout my tenure with Apis mellifera, I have read a shelf-full of books, and subscribed to both Bee Culture, and American Bee Journal. The mite bombs would infect other hives in one of two ways: 1) either the foragers would abscond from their hive and drift into healthy hives, bringing their mite infestation with them, or 2) bees from the healthy hives would find and rob out the mite-infested hives, bringing a lot more than honey back with them to their own hives. [...]if an entire country was relying on oxalic acid to keep their bees alive, then I needed to realize that oxalic acid was a lot less of a magical potion cooked up in the moonlight and actually had some solid science behind it.
ISSN:1071-3190
1931-4000