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Hi Allen
> Is it [thymol] all the same? Or are there different forms/brands?
All I know is that it is food grade - I get from a company called RC Treatt
Ltd who manufacture food flavourings (and probably other things too) - I
believe they are also in the US.
> Details like: the height of the airspace in the eke
2.5"
> reason for the excluder
I feed fondant and if colonies are light in August I can feed and treat at
the same time
>the size and number of the brood boxes being treated
Normally single British Nationals - A.m.m. normally does not require double
brood. Any colonies on double brood get double the dose, i.e. two lids
> entrance number, location, size and orientation, size of the bottom
> screen, space under the bottom frames, etc.?
One entrance at the bottom, full width (I am considering reducing this to
6" - we are having huge problems with wasps in recent years), 1/4" high.
With bottom bee space that leaves roughly 1/2" under the frames. Mesh
covers whole floor. Some hives sit on the ground, some on stands - seems to
make no difference to survival rates. Feed hole in crownboard always open.
Picture of mesh floor here: http://www.sbkaimages.homecall.co.uk/OMF.jpg.
> I notice you also use an excluder under the fondant as well.
Yes, fresh fondant in warm weather will ooze down between frames and can
kill a colony. Excluders provide just enough support to stop that from
happening:
http://www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/PENotes/Fondant.htm.
Incidentally, I feed much less now that our bees are predominantly A.m.m.,
usually no more than 6-8kg with some needing no feed at all.
Best wishes
Peter
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