Randy
> And the bees and queen often avoid the area near the treatment.
We put the thymol in an old honey jar lid resting on the excluder; some
colonies will propolise the excluder around the lid. Oddly, the ones that
do this the most are the ones with some Italian genes. Now that I have
virtually eliminated the yellow bees I do not see it as much.
> On the other hand, with oxalic dribble, there is not *noticable* brood
> kill, the queen appears to be unaffected, and the bees seem quite happy
> afterward.
Sublethal effects?
Best wishes
Peter
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