What is this material ?

I've tried it and the wax gummed up on my knife and after the first couple, it didn't work as well

Among all the different designs I´ve seen I guees this is the most functional, creative, simple and cheap. Thank you for sharing the information 😲😳👍

Did you ever added thymol to the mix? Any experience with less glycerin? Great recipe, really transforming my way of treating bees. Thanks for sharing!

Oh boy do I have a major update on this process. Someone had bought some Dish Gel that they would use in their dish washing machine and didn't care for it for whatever reason. I read the label, and it said that it "Dissolves tough food particles.". The label also says NOT to mix with bleach. So, I loaded up a tote with about 80 sheets of old plastic foundation and dumped a couple of cups along with hot water and let soak for 3 weeks. !! WOW !! When I triple rinsed the batch, most of the debris was released and in solution. I then soaked in bleach solution for a week. Guess what? No pressure washer required. They easily sprayed clean as a whistle with a Turbo Jet nozzle. Which begs the question,; what is the strongest soak solution? Obviously, a scouring agent is a big improvement. Maybe lye soap?

I'm using the Black Flag version of the Burgess. For whatever reason I was getting nothing like the amount of vapor shown here. I switched to MAPP gas and am getting a fog quite like seen in this video. Hope this helps somebody.

Wow Bro you are working way to hard at beekeeping! Just make some beetle grease and put it on top of the end bars every time you see a beetle! This easy trick will make every beetle and mite leave the hive! The bees will eat it and move it all over the hive and no nasty critters will want to stay in the hive! Let's keep beekeeping easy and fun to do!😁

It's been two years. Are you still sold on this method?

This video has been up for two years now and I was wondering if you are still using this method and if you continue to have posative results. Would adding Thyme Oil help ior improve results?

I like your setup and I can see some very solid, physics based advantages but, you never point out the reasons the copper pipe setup in the up-down-up-down configuration is not as good as yours. Please explain. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing!

Can I substitute Mineral oil for vegetable glycerin?

If you've never been bitten by a deerfly or horsefly, it feels like someone just put out their cigarette on your skin.

THANKS!!! m

Thank you!

I have tried the recipe a few times but am not getting the fogging that you do. Let the fogger heat up way longer than u did in the video. Could it be the glycerin not being high enough quality? Any tips?

Jeff it’s nice to see your video again. Been missing them….we will be extracting our honey in four weeks… I could watch them work all day. Just love my bees! Moe

Hello, does this work for stableflys aswell?

The one time we did this the bees fought and killed each other. Does that not usually happen?

This is great! It helped me make a decision to buy a plastic foundation instead of a wax foundation! Thank you!

Tanglefoot spray. Nice. I've used the tub style that looks like honey-butter. I once had a bad problem with gnat-like pests. I noticed they liked to land on string or skinny sticks like skewers or similar form. I applied some tanglefoot with a popsicle stick onto a wire to hang near the garbage. At the end of the day the wire was covered. The tanglefoot is super sticky. I use Isopropyl to remove it from the fingers if needed.

Just finished processing 2,200 pounds of honey from 88 boxes---used the electric bread knife for all of it. Keep a back up in case of overheating or breakdown. Will add the foot pedal next season as my hand got tired on the trigger.

If you were so inclined, you could make an “X rated” deer fly catcher - if you know what I mean…….. great. Thanks.

Thank you so much, brother. I’ve been looking all over the Interwebs for just such a tip!

Teaspoons, cups, Fahrenheit! Apart from that, great video and really interesting insights into the use of glycerin. I havent seen a fogger like that over here in UK. I use a battery driven model that uses a plug of oxalic powder per hive.

hello Jeff, I'm very excited to try your anti-mite formula. I have a quick question, do you have to use a thermal fogger? if you you prepare your solution and wait until is not so hot for the bees and use for example a regular atomizer, would this work? Thank you so much for your help.

Excellent! Going to pick up an affordable one here (unfortunately not popular enough to be likely to bump into them at a thrift store).

Great to see a new video from you! Capping cleanings. Your comments are turned off.

Awesome thanks

How long do you "fog" them for do you use the entire jar for 1 hive?

if you use the burgess fogger you will need to use a medium sized mason jar to hold the liquid. If you try to use the container that comes with the fogger it won't work. Because the liquid in the container will not be deep enough to reach the bottom of the intake valve on the fogger.

jeff could you tell me the exact flex lines you used at inlet from compressor & why not use same 1 at outlet?

They make 180 degree copper fittings to save a little time on the soldering.

Great idea !! Thank you for your video ….

When I die I want to go quietly in my sleep like my grandpa did. Not KICKING AND SCREAMING like the passengers in his car.

Brilliant!

Simple to the point good job, thanks for posting.

Are you still using this technique with success? Looking for a new way to treat mites other than just the oxalic acid cause I have a couple log hives that just have little holes in them for entrances and my vaporizer won’t fit in the hole but my fogger would I usually just treat with mineral oil but this would be much better

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I have used double the bleach and dawn, soaked for weeks and it did not work, nothing worked but the pressure washer

Great idea and great results! How long did you let them soak?

Is your video on the simple ant-proof hive stand still on KZbin? I couldn't find it. Thx.

Thanks for the video. Did you have to put something between the foundation to allow the solution to get to the mess on the plastic?

I tried boiling water, mine don't have any recycle marks to be sure of the polymer I took a guess that they would be made out of polypropylene because of the hardness and flexibility and PP is standard for things that need to be durable, chemically inert, and sanitized with hot water, but they softened and shriveled in less than a minute (Both for a full plastic frame and a foundation from a wood frame). So they certainly are not PP [maybe wax would have a hard time sticking to PP?] I might try a few modifications on the detergent recipe, I have the supplies and reasonable chemistry knowledge. My pressure washer is in storage right now so if I can get it to spray off with a garden hose nozzle, or just to loosen in a day rather than a couple weeks then I'll try to remember to update this. Temperature can make also a big difference in some chemical reactions, generalized they say 10c/20f doubles or halves a reaction rate. With fats, being just below verses just above the melting point can be an order of magnitude difference, which is why soap is made with melted fat.

How long does the coating last before you have to recoat?

Spot on my man 👍🏻

is the use of Clorox/Dawn safe to use with honey foundation?

Would be great if you made a drawing to show what you’ve done .

Jeff thanks for the video. Next time please type up or show the containers of the ingredients big enough so I can read the labels? I saw Mineral oil and Skol Vodka containers were they used in the mixture? Thank You.

I've been using your method for 3 or so years now. Works very well, thank you!