I was one of several people asked to taste honey from a hive treated with the honey supers on. I found a strong but not unpleasant flavour similar to rosemary, others said the flavour was like thyme.
I don’t use this product but if I had to, I would follow this advice.

“However, if thymol is used also during the honey flow, there is a considerable danger, that thymol residues in honey might reach levels above the taste threshold. In Germany a varroa treatment method is propagated, which uses thymol-filled frames during the whole year. In honeys, harvested in bee hives treated with this method, the thymol residues were in some cases higher than the MRL value of 0.8 mg/kg (Wallner, 1997, Bogdanov et al, 1998). Therefore, Apilife VAR or thymol treatments should only be made in autumn after the honey harvest.”
Bogdanov S; ImdorfA; Kilchenmann V (1998) Residues in wax and honey after Api Life VAR treatment. Apidologie 29, 513-524,

Bil Harley, (France)

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