> ...a year ago we fed our bees thymolated syrup in the fall as well as
treating
> with apiguard. We had a 100% winter survival. Our hive count is
small (9) plus 2 nucs.
Yes. I fed on account of good reports I had heard, but here is the key
point:
Were you depending on hygienic behaviour as a large part of you varroa
control? I
might have been since I was using, in part at least, stock bred for
varroa tolerance and
I wonder if the thymol affected the hygienic response of the bees.
I was not using much in the way of varroa treatment beyond splitting and
one OA drizzle
annually previously with apparent good survival.
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