GREASE PATTY RECIPE #2:
4 LBS. GRANULATED SUGAR
1.5 POUNDS OF SHORTENING
1/4 to 1/3 CUP OF MINERAL SALT (pink color; available at feed stores for about $8 per 50#)
1/2 POUND OF HONEY 3 TABLESPOONS OF NATURAL WINTERGREEN (45cc's) (do not exceed)
4 LBS. GRANULATED SUGAR
1.5 POUNDS OF SHORTENING
1/4 to 1/3 CUP OF MINERAL SALT (pink color; available at feed stores for about $8 per 50#)
1/2 POUND OF HONEY 3 TABLESPOONS OF NATURAL WINTERGREEN (45cc's) (do not exceed)
Note: The salt is coarse and needs to crushed to a fine dust for mixing.
Grease Patty Sugar Recipe #3
4.4 pounds (1814.4 g) of granulated sugar (sucrose)
3 ounces (88.8 ml) of corn oil
1.5 Pounds (680.4 g) of vegetable shortening (Crisco)
1 pound (463.4 g) of honey
2 ounces plus 1 tsp. (64.13 ml) of wintergreen oil.
1/2 Pound (226.8 g) of mineral salt (pink color).
This is a formula, with increased wintergreen, and
will repel and sometimes kill the small hive beetle, Aethina
tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae).
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