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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER - TALKS & REPORTS => Topic started by: son800 on March 13, 2014, 01:53:08 am

Title: Essential oils
Post by: son800 on March 13, 2014, 01:53:08 am
What essential oils are recommended to use in the hive?
Title: Re: Essential oils
Post by: Michael Bush on March 13, 2014, 07:36:58 am
My recommendation is none... it will kill off the microbes in their gut that protect them from Nosema, AFB, EFB and chalkbrood.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033188 (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033188)