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                                  BEE MED PROGRAM

 

  1.. SYRUP & ESSENTIAL OILS ---VERY EARLY SPRING AND WHEN THERE ARE FEW BLOOMS (LATE FALL.)
MIXTURE --- 10 drops of Wintergreen and 15 drops of Spearmint essential in 2 Cups of Sugar placed in a quart jar and then filled with hot water. Mix well and feed to bees in Boardman feeder. About 2 quarts per hive per season.

 

  2.. COTTON CORDS/STRIPS - MID SUMMER THRU EARLY FALL.
METHOD (when not feeding syrup) --- 1 pint (16 oz.) of Food Grade Mineral Oil mixed with 1/2 pound of Beeswax and 1 cup of Honey (8oz.). Heat mineral oil to a low boil in a metal or ceramic container. Add Beeswax and stir until it melts. Remove from heat and add the honey. ALSO add one teaspoon of Spearmint essential oil at this time. Place cords in the mixture while it is still warm and liquid, stir to get the cords saturated. Remove and place on wax paper. Use two cords per hive placed on the top bars of the top super or brood box. Change out every 3 weeks to one month during this period. You can wash the mites off the cords, dry them and reuse or just keep a quantity of presoaked cords available in a sealed plastic bag. These cords can be used during honey flow as they will not harm honey as everything is food grade.  Note: The ingredients will saturate about 35-40 cords.

 

  3.. GREASE PATTIES --- USE IN LATE FALL AND LEAVE ON UNTIL  
      EARLY SPRING.

      MIXTURE --- 2 Cups of sugar, 1 cup of shorting (can) and 11cc (3/8ths oz.)of  

      Wintergreen. Add the sugar and essential first and then mix in shorting. Mix  

      thoroughly with wood spoon.  The mixture is then made into 4 oz. patties   

      (about like a 3.5" hamburger patty) or ½ Cup of the mixture per patty. Place  

      on top of bottom brood box on the middle frame bar (if there are two brood   

      boxes) one patty per hive. NOTE: IF YOU HAVE SMALL HIVE BEETLES   

      (SHB) DO NOT USE THESE PATTIES UNTIL YOU HAVE THE SHB's 

      UNDER CONTROL.

     

MATERIALS NEEDED

 

1 PINT OF FOOD GRADE MINERAL OIL

SPEARMINT ESSENTIAL OIL

WINTERGREEN ESSENTIAL OIL

SHORTING (Like Crisco)

HONEY 

BEESWAX

COTTON CORDS (5/8THS INCH -LARGE CORDS) (PURE COTTON ONLY)

SUGAR

BOARDMAN FEEDER



Regards,

Richard Ashton

Oak Creek Orchard

www.oakcreekorchard.com

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