Autumn/Winter treament

[Monsieur Abeille]

Having earlier in the year become the proud owner of a vaporiser, I have been thinking that I may forgo the thymol treatment this year, and instead give them two blasts of oxalic before the winter.

Flack jacket ready, and I suspect I'm missing something - any reason why not?

 

[Cussword]

I now only use thymol for putting in the syrup ie Hivemaker's?

I would just stick to Oxalic

 

[Cussword]

I know. Sorry I didn't make that point clearer for you.

I mean you no offence.

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[Erichalfbee]

Having earlier in the year become the proud owner of a vaporiser, I have been thinking that I may forgo the thymol treatment this year, and instead give them two blasts of oxalic before the winter.

Flack jacket ready, and I suspect I'm missing something - any reason why not?

Three
Five days apart

 

[Cussword]

Three
Five days apart

It's like a mantra.

Should be a sticky; Oxalic Acid Sublimation, Three, Five days apart.
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[linoleum bonypart]

Integrated pest management means using several things ...not reliant on one

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Having earlier in the year become the proud owner of a vaporiser, I have been thinking that I may forgo the thymol treatment this year, and instead give them two blasts of oxalic before the winter.

Flack jacket ready, and I suspect I'm missing something - any reason why not?

None at all - that's what I'll be doing

I now only use thymol for putting in the syrup ie Hivemaker's?

I would just stick to Oxalic

Three
Five days apart

, covers the whole brood cycle then.

As for Torsten the troll witted, got the wrong end of the stick as usual. Must be a high level of methanol in the mix this season!

 

[The Drone Ranger]

I think the thymol in the syrup began with R Manley etc
The initial purpose was just to stop the syrup getting mouldy waiting to go on the hives
If you expect a few weeks of reasonable day temps apilife var is the least time consuming to apply



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[jenkinsbrynmair]

But rolling your own is by far the cheaper.

 

[dpearce4]

I see that the well known beekeeping supplier that has branch sales this time of year has a vaporiser for sale at £30 in their sale.

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Thanks all, yes it was the varroa thymol treatment I was referring to rather than the anti-nosema. Thanks also for the timings which are now noted erichalfbee - do I get the impression that mantra has been posted many times before?

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Integrated pest management means using several things ...not reliant on one

Granted, but when one is more efficient, quicker and cheaper than another then change for changes sake seems pointless. Sugar dusting anyone?