Bob made some comments on my web page:
http://www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/PENotes/VarroaTreatment.htm

> As usual on the internet no mention of use of breathing protection is
talked
> about. Only advice to stay up wind from the dust. A cheap dust mask might
be
> better advice if not a respirator.

There are links from the page to safety data sheets, so I felt it
unnecessary to repeat the information on my page.

> We all know wax/honey  picks  up smells  and at least one BEE-L person has
> said his honey was unfit for sale after use of the method at the site due
to
> the strong pungent smell of thymol.

This is likely to occur when the thymol is present in the hive for the whole
year - I believe that there were trials with the Frakno frame that showed
that levels did exceed the limits of detection (by humans) when used in this
way - hence my advice to treat before and after the honey flow.  Used in
this way for seven years now, I do not have honey that is unsaleable or that
has any taint of thymol.

> Hmmm. Ok for the bees house but not for
> the beekeepers. Hmmm.

Yes - and I would not fumigate the house with oxalic acid or impregnate the
carpets with Apistan either!

Peter Edwards
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www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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