Finally got to try this on an infested hive and it exceeded all my expectations. I recomend this as an easy addition to your mite control routine.

Brave Brave Anna - Bravely running away!! Seriously though - very good clip. I've never seen anyone else make a clip on how to deal with parasites and diseases in bee hives. Definite thumbs up!

Hi Anna. You always make me smile. You're a real trooper. You sacrifice yourself for your awesome videos. The bees chase you and not your dad. You're even willing to get stung. Love your videos, so much good information. I think I like them because you go back to the old ways and natural ways.

Best looking beekeeper ever!!!

Good job on the video Anna! Better job on the running and screaming, I hope you DID NOT get stung. Your experiment is cool, I hope it works a i will be watching your videos to see. Thanks!

nice close ups and good explanations! 👍👍👍

im glad to see i’m not the only one that will quickly move out of the way of angry bees an im not ashamed to scream either LOL

I give 4 drops of thym oil for 1 liter of sirup once a week, 5 times in september.

I don't usually go in for these natural remedies; but, this one seems to make sense and the research I've read confirms the efficacy of the oil. I'm excited to try it next year.

This is great and I will be trying! Just an FYI- essential oils will go rancid, just like other oils. A few years may be too long to use the same bottle. Will help with efficacy to have non-rancid oil. With thyme (and EO’s in general) being under-researched for mite treatment, the effective properties of it may or may not change with time. I would do a search for how long before thyme EO goes rancid. Replace every few months, or when it gets a funny smell.

Update: the hive did very well... recent studies show that it kills 100% of the mites! You can find more info here: www.essentialnaturaloils.com/thyme-oil-bee-industry and here: facebook.com/notes/9153807311327353/

Hope to see more videos in the coming months. Have a blessed new year

Thanks for your information ❤❤❤

You and your dad are great thanks

Hi from GREECE. I'm an agronomist and I'd like to give you some tips. Never approach the colony wearing dark clothes. Thymol is not so active. In Europe and Greece we use amitraz. If the honey we want to produce is organic, then I recommend the dihydrate oxalic acid. Well done Anna.

I didn't know about coconut oil. I heard somewhere that mint oil can be effective too. One beekeeper told me he puts thyme in his smoker and that it helps too.

Hi Anna, Love your videos, especially the varroa ones. Being in Australia and we have just lost the battle with trying to eradicate the mite and it is a matter of time now before they spread. I am finding a lot of information from you and your father, do you still have bees and how has your method of control gone over the years, I am interested in you no chemical approach. Best Regards, Len

Time for a bee suit Anna. :)

One video showed how powdered sugar worked great with screen bottom hive. The bees groom powdered sugar off one another

I will definitely try this method. Thanks Anna

Man, I am from top of the mountain village in Caucasia.. My ancestors beekeeping thousands of years (Anabasis) my grandpa, dad, uncles (all) doing that even they were crazy rich but i scare them this is why i only provide knowledge based on scientific research or bro-science. I will tell this method to my father. Peace from overseas!

Thank you very much you are a breath of fresh air

Amazing, I like people that always lookout to treat naturally. Very good job. Thank you for your time! GOD b.less

never seen a hive inspection in gym gear, but well done in showing the mites on the drop board

Hello ms Anna' thankz a lot for sharing some additional tachnique about bees...happy weekend : )

Great video, think I will give this a try. Keep up the great work.

Excellent video ! I buy unpasteurized honey from a local apiary, I wonder what they would use for these mites. Than you for the excellent info !

Following great series

Great video content Anna, I love you.💝

Luv Ur tips

Awesomeness! Organic all natural beekeepers and treatments! My kinda folks! So past DONE with MAQS and FORMIC PRO! Oxalic vaporization just now, but also would love to go essential oils. Please let us know how y'all get on with the Thyme oil / coconut! Live in southern Appalachia Blairsville Georgia and happy I just happened upon you and your daddy! Your dad's experience speaks volumes. I have to pay CLOSE attention to him especially with his accent. As for you, ur a doll, but wrong color hair to go without a veil! 🏃‍♂️💨🐝😂

Another outstanding VIDIO

I have thyme in the garden. I might try blending leaves into the coconut oil, or steep in alcohol, and blender that into sugar syrup.

I've never seen a beekeeper scream and run away like that. lol

You're Amazing Anna!!

thanks i love this method.....best way......and awesome.....take care.. i am also a beekeeper.india bye bye...................................

You rock, I've had to make quick retreats many times. They're just frisky some days.

Анна как хорошо что ваш папа Павел привил вам любовь к пчелам спасиба за видео буду пробовать супер!!!

I used to check my hives in just regular clothes (never anything dark or black, never anything sleeveless or a tank top), and always a veil. I took a few stings here and there but, one afternoon, just watering some flowers about 25 feet from my hives, I got stung on the back of my hand. After a lifetime of nothing more than mild localized reactions to stings I was, within 5 minutes, experiencing a full-on anaphylactic reaction to that sting. I immediately called an ambulancel, took 50mg of Benadryl and spent the rest of the day in the ER (at the hospital where I am employed as an RN...how humiliating! LOL!) The next day, after I picked up my epi-pen prescription, I went to my local apiary supply and bought a full suit. I wear double nitrile gloves to protect my hands and still have had some mild stings (stingers that didn't fully penetrate my skin and stuck in the glove instead of me). I tell this precautionary tale as a way of encouraging people to feel no shame in taking these measures. One can go for years and not have any problems (like me) but, after prolonged, repeated exposure, can develop an allergy that could be life threatening. I saw this video a couple of years ago and am now going to give it a try. I am glad to see an interest in chemical free beekeeping growing! I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to more!

hi ya, nice tips, i like the occasional caging of the queen system!! just a few possibilities why you are always getting stung. Bees hate black, very much like predators so they defend the hive. Do not wear tight clothing as bees sting through it. bees get a little agitated when kept in shady areas. i do not know why but they do. Ty for your vids, very cool

Good info! Wear a face veil at bare minimum, I know someone who went blind after getting stung in their eye!

I am from Kashmir & I like ur videos love u

Very good video, sure do wish that people that use the metric system would include US measurement, would be nice. Again thanks

you people are so lucky having solution for every bee related problem. here in pakistan the great problem is nosema killing the whole hive. i tried teatree, wintergreen and lemongrass oil but all useless. guidence needed.....

Really cool!

you so funny lol, good job on the video sis :)

I like this idea. Hope it works well. Is standing in the bees flight path the reason they go after you? Is long hair good or bad to work your hives? Maybe a cover for your hair is all you need. Talk to your dad about this. I enjoy yalls videos.

Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and try not to get stung lol. 😁

good

Hi Anna! We’re is your dad. ?? It’s different video! Thank for showing video you have great time

Interesting share. Thanks 🙏

HI Anna thanks for video very interesting. How do you treat or control SHB please

Good Video, Bottom Board observation cannot determine the varroa mites infestation. You can find the level of infestation by Alcohol wash which is standard practice for varroa mites infestation in the hive. That will be interested to see if Thymol and Coconut oil work or not and if it work to what extend? Your hives are infested with " Parasitic Mite Syndrome ". Check capping cells and Quanine crystals.

Buenas, saludos desde Argentina, consulta, ¿Tenes los resultados del experimento? y ¿siguen haciendo experimentos?

I'm new first year im in Minnesota thanks again

Hi there very helpful video ,I hope it will help my dad too with his bee hives

You are obviously sweeter than your dad-he never gets attacked, at least on camera. 😀

Good job on th video thanks

Great idea for Varroa mite control, how/where should these be applied in a top bar hive?

anna i see you run away a lot and every time you had on dark color clothing also electronic equipment triggers the bees too so double wammy. when you video bees instead of leaning down to get a closer look just use the zoom on the camera. yes it will take a bit longer but you wont get stung either and wear white or bright color so the bees dont see you as a bear or some other predator coming to get their honey thus triggering their defense mode if you will. i love your videos and have watched them all many times. your father is an incredible wealth of knowledge and i can tell you are paying close attention to what he has to teach. thanks so much for making them and sharing your father. the stings are so totally worth it.

Very nice and effective video

When exactly would u suggest caging the queen and how long?

Hey Anna, Let me know, what do you think? Do you think your mite treatment was succuessful because of tyhme oil, or broodless period? As I understand, the hives which you did not cage the queen, affected by varroa much more. That tells me, thyme oil did not make a successful treatment, just a little varroa dropped. The main treatment was broodless period, that broke the brood period of varroa.

Good job sis good information!😊

What time of the year is the best time to do the thyme oil treatment?

Good job.I like it

Very interesting 🧐 good job!

Did you do an alcohol test of nurse bees for comparisn? Thank you

Hello, I will like to know if I can apply the treatment when honey supers are in place.

Do thyme plants help?

You're too cute running away from your bees

Спасибо вам за это видео.

Why have you stopped uploading videos?

Thank you,...I will,...I highly respect your dad and his advice,...I will do as he suggests

😂😂😂😂😂😂that was funny sprinting from the bees😂😂😂😉

thank you Anna

Can you still try this approach without caging the queen?

I'm wondering if you ever thought to use thyme in your smoker, either dried or live

Do you know anything about using the herb thyme to control mites? I'm wondering if someone could put a handful of fresh thyme in a feeder frame atop a hive and let the bees remove it, taking bits through the hive, doing the same thing they'd do with paper soaked with this oil mixture.

Nice, allot of info 😊

Can this be used in the summer when temps are high?

Hi i'm korean beekeeper kim dong woo I saw tu video . Really nice and like it I curious thyme oil can ...kill the Tropilaelaps mites Sorry i'm not good English very well

thank you for information

When doing treatment the queens doesn’t have to bee caged right? That is only for the brood break?

Thanks for watching!

Thanks, Ana, for another instructive video. Love seeing you, but I miss Pavel too! :) And, by Gosh, why don't you use a veil? I know it's funny seeing you running around, but it would be much painless the other way! :)

interesting good to know :)

Anna, did you do alcohol wash before and after treatment? It gives you the right idea is treatment working or not. A little bit of mites can drop by anything, iven by smocker. Then clime back on a bees.. Do the alcohol wash check!

you can also take glycerin with oxalic acid

Great video the bees and I like the black dress . How did you train them to land in your hair 😂😂😂 I find if you runaway screaming and waiving your arms around your head its more dramatic😂😂😂😂

How long do you keep the queens caged ?

🐦 Have a bluebird day

I noticed you have three holes in one hive and a regular partially blocked entrance on another. Do you or your Father have a preference which entrance works best?

Thank you so much for sharing. Any new stats after that time?🐝

Anna, love all your dad and yourself videos, inspiring. would love to see more videos on the thyme treatment with first mite load, follow up with post thyme results. also, do you ever use the fogging method with the thyme? thank you

i needed a good laff lol i got chased today to lmaof great content

That bee a bee run!!

What about with oregano oil?

This is very inertesting. I have one hive that seems to produce a ton of mites while the othe three only seem to have a few. I have treated the infested hive with maqs and that kills hundreds but I cant use maqs all the time. I am going to give this a try and see if I can get this hive under control.

What I wanted was to show me if you mix the oil, how much oil and where to put it in a top bar hive. I got none of that. What this video is for is another hive configuration