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Offline Lburou

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Re: mite treatment & a swarm
« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2017, 09:56:24 am »
...I administered a thymol treatment...
Neil, how do you administer a thymol treatment?
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Re: mite treatment & a swarm
« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2017, 05:35:44 pm »
Lee,

I was actually trying a homemade thyme essential oil on paper towel treatment. I haven't used it since. It worked well on my other colonies but I find OAV is a lot less disruptive and I had very good results with it.
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Re: mite treatment & a swarm
« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2017, 09:30:50 pm »
Lee,

I was actually trying a homemade thyme essential oil on paper towel treatment. I haven't used it since. It worked well on my other colonies but I find OAV is a lot less disruptive and I had very good results with it.
I see.  :)
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