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
52.194546, -1.673618 

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