I just watched a video by one of our members here, "Florida Bee Rancher". He was showing how he uses a fogger to treat his bees and the simple method he now uses. Have any of you used the fogger method?
Phillip
For me kind of tough to make a comment... On a video I cannot see... :sad: I hope you have a great day..
BEE HAPPY Jim134 :smile:
Nope. Fogging is very different to sublimation (vaporizer) or dribbling (liquid). I've not yet seen any evidence that adding OA via a "fogger" has any affect on varroa.
It looks good though!
Quote from: Jim 134 on February 03, 2022, 02:18:31 AM
For me kind of tough to make a comment... On a video I cannot see... :sad: I hope you have a great day..
BEE HAPPY Jim134 :smile:
Jim, Actually I was asking about fogging in general. The video was a reminder to me that some folks fog. But here it is..
https://youtu.be/pzSS9XXYWU4
Quote from: NigelP on February 03, 2022, 04:33:59 AM
Nope. Fogging is very different to sublimation (vaporizer) or dribbling (liquid). I've not yet seen any evidence that adding OA via a "fogger" has any affect on varroa.
It looks good though!
Thanks Nigel It does look good...
Quote from: Ben Framed on February 03, 2022, 06:35:09 AM
Quote from: Jim 134 on February 03, 2022, 02:18:31 AM
For me kind of tough to make a comment... On a video I cannot see... :sad: I hope you have a great day..
BEE HAPPY Jim134 :smile:
Jim, Actually I was asking about fogging in general. The video was a reminder to me that some folks fog. But here it is..
https://youtu.be/pzSS9XXYWU4
I personally do not want to spray... Hot oil or gristrin on live bees..
BEE HAPPY Jim134 :smile:
QuoteJim134
For me kind of tough to make a comment... On a video I cannot see... :sad: I hope you have a great day..
BEE HAPPY Jim134 :smile:
QuoteJim 134
I personally do not want to spray... Hot oil or gristrin on live bees..
BEE HAPPY Jim134 :smile:
Thanks Jim, Again I was asking about fogging in general. It was not my intention to specify or narrow down any particular 'method' of fogging. Meaning different ingredients which might be used or involved in fogging applications from one persons method/ingredients of fogging to another persons method/ingredients of fogging. I do know that it is done and folks have been doing if for some time. Therefore I did not post the video in the first place. Ingredients was not my question, but fogging in general.
This video was a simple 'reminder' 'to me' of that 'fact', (there are other methods of treating bees out there beside the method I use) and some folks fog, fogging being one of those ways. For you that fog was my question. Jim you have been around for a while, most likely seen it all by now. If you have fogged using these ingredients or other ingredients what was your experiences, and evaluation of those experiences? Successful? Satisfactory? Unsatisfactory? Etc.
For any of you that fog, or have fogged in the past, your shared experiences will be appreciated. Have you been successful in your endeavors? Or did you once do so to find it was not up to par? What problems did you find, if any? Was fogging, no matter the ingredients of your method used, particle in your use? What are the pluses verses the minuses? I am not attempting to uplift fogging nor degrade the method but simply to understand the results of it in your experiences using it.
Thanks,
Phillip
Tested out the fogger on a number of colonies some years ago. It proved to be a total waste of time and money.
Quote from: Brian MCquilkin on February 05, 2022, 12:54:27 PM
Tested out the fogger on a number of colonies some years ago. It proved to be a total waste of time and money.
Can't be any plainer than that! Between your, Jim 134, and NigelP's answer, I am glad I have a PID controlled OA Vaporizer...Thanks Mr. MCquilkin.
Phillip