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  • From: "Brian and Lanette Fee" <fee436 AT att.net>
  • To: "'Starks, Walter'" <Walter.Starks AT facilities.unc.edu>, "'Orange County Beekeepers Association'" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>, "'CCBA Listserve'" <chathambeekeepers AT lists.ncsu.edu>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Problems with Apiguard
  • Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 16:30:27 -0400

Hi Walter,
I had similar problems when I treated only the gel stayed in the tray.
(The tray was quite mangled by the time I was done opening it though.)
There seemed to be a plastic film surrounding the Thymol that would not
easily break and I had to use my hive tool to break it. I wouldn't worry
about the foil being attached too much as long as most all the thymol is
exposed. I thought it was supposed to be attached at one corner any way. I
have used this product in previous years and I don't remember this problem.
I remember it being very easy. Maybe it's just the lot that you and I
purchased?
Lanette

-----Original Message-----
From: ocba [mailto:ocba-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Starks,
Walter
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 2:24 PM
To: Orange County Beekeepers Association; CCBA Listserve
Subject: [ocba] Problems with Apiguard

I treated my hives today. What a mess the Apiguard was. The foil on the top
is glued so strongly that the tin bowl holding the gel was all twisted and
mangled by the time I got it open. Most of the gel was stuck to the bottom
of the foil. We tried to get it back in the bowl with hive tools but wound
up smearing the gel everywhere. Wound up just leaving the foil attached to
the bowl on one edge and putting the whole thing in the hive with as much
gel as we could salvage. What am I doing wrong? I can't believe it's
supposed to be this complicated.

______

Walter




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