peppermint spray for queen introduction ?

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prana vallabha

prana vallabha

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just going through some notes today from a beekeepers improvement course earlier this year and one of the speakers mentioned they use 2 drops of peppermint oil in a spray bottle and spray everything plus queen and have had no faliures .......just thought what others think about this method ...

many thank in advance
 
I use 2 drops of lemongrass oil in a water sprayer - seems to work well as the girls are quite calm after I use it. Smells nice too
 
For uniting (always) and queen introduction (sometimes!) we use a few drops of Thyme tincture (not 'thymol'!) in the water sprayer.
Herbal tincture - based on alcohol - mixes easily with water.

Peppermint/Lemongrass oil - should need an emulsifier or something similar to mix with water?

Regards
Reiner

(Should'nt the queen pheromones be sufficient to do the job?)
 
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Rosemary water does it for my bees
pint of hot spring water... boil in a hefty couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary ,cool and add a pinch of white granulated cane sugar.
 
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