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268277 Mike Rock <mikerock@m...> 2019‑04‑09 Re: De-Rusting Tools with Hidden Springs Oxalic acid
We now use oxalic acid to treat for Varroa mites in our bee hives. 
Either vaporize with a heater or mixed with glycerine on blue shop 
towels, laid on the top bars of the brood area.
It kills off the mites and not the bees.  Oxalic acid is common in 
nature.....rhubarb for one place.
:)

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