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Swedish Cloth is used extensively by beekeepers in USA to keep their beehives healthy.
It is an excellent matrix for absorbing Oxalic Acid / Glycerine solution.
The BQ Swedish Cloth is made of 70% cellulose and 30% cotton and is 100% biodegradable.
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The BQ Swedish Cloth does not have any colouring additives or flame retardant chemicals like many other Swedish Cloth products.
BioGro have approved it for Organic Beekeepers to use in their beehives.
The cloth is supplied already pre-cut into strips to suit beehives. Each dry cloth strip is 195mm x 43 mm x 2mm thick and weighs 2.4 gram.
Packed 4000 per carton, 80,000 per pallet.
Directions.
Make up solution comprised of 50% Oxalic Acid Dihydrate and 50% food grade glycerine by weight. See instructions & videos in the mixing guide about heating and mixing the 2 products. The Beequip Cardboard strips are soaked in a solution with 40% Oxalic Acid. The Swedish Cloth strips are soaked in a solution of 50% Oxalic Acid.
While the solution is still around 50 - 56°C, soak the equivalent of 25 grams of solution per strip.
Let the strips cool then either place them in hives within next few days or pack into ziplock bags for long term storage.
A typical strong colony with 2 brood boxes should have 4 strips placed horizontally between the brood boxes, with spaces between the strips.
Scrape off burr comb first.
The 4 strips work more effectively than using single larger pads.
Caution.
The reports from USA are that this system works extremely well when placed between the brood boxes and placed horizontally over the frames on a double brood box beehive.
It is not so successful when placed over a single brood box colony.
Randy Oliver agreed with this phenomenon and said that when running single brood box beehives, OAE strips need to be fitted vertically over the frames like our cardboard strips are used. Eg. The Beequip Cardboard Strips.