wintergreen or tea tree oil mixed into feed

[MuswellMetro]

I was wondering what the difference is between manuka m tea tree?

Manuka oil is about 20 times more expensive but is supposedly a better bactericide, which is why you pay over the odds for poor quality Manuka +10 honey when your own dark honey is probably +5

i finished my experiments and no noticlble differences over the brood year with the Hives fed spring syrup with essentail oil on long term varroa count

so i have revered to a drop of lemon grass and 2gm magnesium vit C per 2ltres of syrup for two hives on emergency feed

might try hivemaker,s recipe on some

 

[madasafish]

Hi there, I am no expert but I think you will find manuka and tea tree are from the same plant.
Manuka Honey is produced by honey bees from the flowers of the manuka bush (leptospermum scoparium).
Tea tree oil, or melaleuca oil, is a pale yellow colour to nearly clear hydrophobic essential oil with a fresh camphoraceous odor. It is taken from the leaves of the Melaleuca alternifolia.


You were correct in your summary of your own knowledge