Great stuff Bob, you’re doing things that can make a difference in the industry.

Thank you Bob for taking the time again!

Another great video !! Bob thanks for what u do !

Thanks for sharing Bob.

Good to have this info in the arsenal! Thanks Bob

I know this is gonna help so many people, thx. Bob

Wow Bob thankyou for sharing this information, this could be a beehive saver!

Thank you Bob for your innovative approach❤💖❤

Thank you, Mr. Binnie. Another tool for our Bees.

Wow; 2 thumbs up for this one!For quite some time I’ve been frustrated that the only information the experts would share about EFB is gloom and doom: terribly contagious, incomplete response to antibiotics, and no consensus on how to manage it. None of the great KZfaq beekeepers seemed to talk about having EFB. Maybe they worry it would damage their reputation if they admitted they had foulbrood infection in their operation. Yet I know that anyone who manages a significant number of hives over enough years is definitely going to experience EFB. So thank you for letting us ordinary beekeepers out there know that it’s not the end of the world, and there’s something that can be done. And that even the most successful beekeepers can experience it!

I'll have to keep this video in mind if I ever see cases of AFB or EFB in my area, thanks for taking the time show this video.

Another great vedio , thank you

Fantastic info, Bob. I had quite a bit of early season trouble with EFB this year, so I’ll be trying your recipe next spring for sure.

Love these tidbits of insight! Although I haven't seen any evidence of EFB, we'll definitely be incorporating this into our outfit!

Congratulations! Thank you very much! Michael beekeeper from Roumania!

I have been looking forward to this video…postponed my feeding duties this morning to watch. I am intrigued by the tea tree and camphor oil treatments. Nice to have alternatives to the antibiotics. Thanks for passing on the research. Nice job!

Thanks,great information ,tried it and it worked 100%.

Ha Bob great video thanks for doing it for us. going to get these and keep on hand Have a blessed day

I agree, the use of antibiotics is a slippery slope. Thanks for sharing your insight and wisdom Bob.

Thanks for the information Bob, hopefully I’ll never need to use it but it’s written down and in the arsenal.

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thanks. great to have ways of control that dont involve drugs

I have just completed 4 weeks using this and have great results.

Thank you for maken your fantastic video! I think when the bees are motivated to clean out the damaged brood they can recover.

Hi Bob!! Great seeing you in Clanton last week..!! I have one colony out of my 42 that appear to have EFB. Like those y’all showed , it is weak . I believe I will try this treatment just to gain some insight if there are future issues ..

Bob , I’ve been using the recipe ever since you and Chris shared it on your queen rearing series. I’m sold it’s helped my colonies greatly! I use it on every colony twice a year spring and as I treat for mites in Aug . I’ve also used it on a DFW colony and had great turn around. I can’t thank you enough for these tid bits you provide ! Just outstanding!

Sunday morning coffee and European foul brood insights. Would seem life is one big experiment. 🎉

It was with great pleasure that I popped in your shop in Georgia on our journey through the eastern parts of the US. Being from Germany I thought you might be interested in where all the people come from to actually see your company but the moment this thought came to me, I realised there may have been hundreds before me who had done the same so I decided not to disturb you and your crew. Bought a couple of jars of honey instead to help your business thrive!

I wish someone would read the text displayed in your videos. It would really help those of us who listen when we can't watch the video closely! It would also really help those people who are vision impaired!!

Thanks for the information very informative 🇦🇺👍🐝🍯

Hello Bob I hope you are having a great weekend to relax a little. Thanks

Dr. Mayer had the final talk at the conference and we were all so fascinated that even though it was going to run over time, we unanimously agreed to stay until the end. If your talk with Dr. Mayer is long, I think it would be good to leave it long.

Never had any European Foulbrood and like you we don't want any either. Think that because of where we live (desert) it is not nearly as common as other areas. As always Thank You for another informative video!

Had a breakout acure this year and had to use antibiotics. Would like to experiment with the prebiotics if it happens again

Hello Bob. Yesterday I noticed pupae on the landing board on one of my hives yesterday. I don't know if it is hygienic behavior or what. I'm going to do a hive inspection today. Coming down your way on Wednesday October 4th.

Thank you for this!!! 10 days ago I found EFB in one of my hives. I used this remedy and today there is no sign of it in my hive. Was it this or is that I have had a minor flow start, or a combination of both I don't know. What I do know is it will get another shot if I run into EFB again. Thanks again for all you do.

This is great information Bob! How often do you all add a probiotic?

I add a few drops of ti tree oil to every bucket of sugar water, and have never seen much in the way of foulbrood.

Good Morning Bob!

Let me say this .your a great guy your knowledge sharing is truly amazing ,I am in Western Australia got this mite heading our way this type of information is a huge weight off my mind as I was extremely worried about Efb coming with the mite .we not have it I Western Australia. Thanks much appreciated Allan Morgan

Tea tree towel recipe 1 gallon canola oil 200 ml tea tree oil 200 ml eucalyptus oil 100 ml camphor oil

Recipe for 3.5 treatments. 2.1195347 canola oil, 3.18 ml tee tree oil, 3.18 ml eucalyptus oil, 1.59 ml camphor oil,

Would have been interesting to see a mite count before and after to see if it had a difference

Thanks Bob. Invaluable. What were the results of treatment on the hive shown at the beginning of the video which you identified with EFB infection? Were essential oils, antibiotics and/or both used for treatment?

Great video do you clean your hive tools they can help in spreading the virus. Good luck 👍

Bob, this is a question on a different topic. There's a lot of talk about mice getting into hives. How are you preventing this? I see you have most of your hives on the ground basically. My understanding is mice can't get into the hive if the opening is only 3/8" wide. Is this how you keep the bottom board? Very grateful for your videos. I'm in my second year.

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@bobbinnie9872 Any updates 9 months later? Did it come back to any/some/none of the colonies? Also did you share any equipment between from the EFB colonies with colonies that weren't showing EFB symptoms?

1st year beekeeper here, and I suspect I may have EFB in one of my 2 hives. Can’t tell if EFB or Hygenic behavior and discoloration of brood is from traffic. I’ve requeened this week, but didn’t know what else to do. I’m extremely grateful for your videos. Thank you.

Can you please come to Western Australia and do a talk on your knowledge more so about varroa controls or management. These guys here are fence sitting thanks Bob

Thank you for the info! How many treatments result from this recipe?

Bob, did you do a mite wash on a any of those EFB colonies?

Hi Bob hope you are well could you say if it was essential oil for the tee tree eucalyptus and champhore what a great result. Thanks for sharing.

Wish my bees had that small amount of propolis. Hard to move frames in mine. It’s everywhere.

Will the queens pheromones be disguised by the essential oil scents? It would be good to test several hives and see if the bees start raising new queens when the oils are added.

Txs for the info; what kind of camphore oil and eucalyptus oil is used? The chemotype?

Bob, When you do a batch of shop towels, how long are the towels not used and stored in a sealed bucket good for before they no longer will have an effect?

do you hgave problems with afb over there? How do you treat that? in germany we only treat with making swarms in new material.

This is promising. Beekeepers don't need negative publicity regarding the indiscriminate use of antibiotics. I would like to see a follow-up on these hives, i.e., were the benefits temporary or permanent. Dr. Reed Another veterinarian with honey bees

Maybe I missed it, but how much of the mixture are you putting on the 1/2 shop towel? Or are you saturating the whole roll in the oil mixture similar to OA/glycerin towel production (ala Randy Oliver)? Also, what are you thoughts on combining this mixture with the OA/glycerin shop towel mixture for a 2-in-1 application against varroa and EFB? My initial thoughts would be that it would dilute the OA mixture too much and affect the efficacy of that treatment against varroa.

I hope for an update on how this method may work for the established comb and the spores that are present therein. please consider this for next spring and let us know. My colonies have been hit hard with EFB and antibiotics seem to have a short efficacy without replacing old equipment with new... am I the only one with this experience?

I wish that I could send you some pics of the ti tree in full bloom, its simply gorgeous. It is right now at it's peak here in Australia. My local variety is called coastal ti tree, and they are everywhere.

I don't have a foul brood problem, but I have had a chalk brood problem for years. Tea tree oil is antifungal, what are your thoughts on this recipe helping with chalk brood? I have been running the OA strips, have almost non-existent varoa, I wonder if this recipe could be added to those strips.

Curious what might be underneath the hive and what the bees are cleaning out of the infected frames

Good morning Bob! Can you please write the name of probiotic you use for your bees . Thanks

Love watching your videos Bob. You have a great team! Thanks for your time. Couple questions - when do you add probiotics and how often do you use(3 weeks you had mentioned) but is it while you don’t have supers on? Like that whole time? And would you use the towels at the same time? Thanks for your time! From a small Island in the Great Lakes Canada

That oils you put in that helped does the bees lick it up or do they just walk through the rag and it gets on them or do you think it’s just the smell of the oil that helps them

Bob, do you have any alternative treatments for nosema?

I use tea tree in my sugar water

Bob, is this off from Weavers recipe from your FL series ? He said he used 1gal Canola, 100ml each of Eucalyptus, Tea Tree & Camphor but I believe he said it was for (mite, no ?) EDIT, it was for Beetles. Also, how long are you going to leave these on for ? Any Queen issues?

I have used the recipe from Chris Werner video, has it changed in your operation? This is stronger.

Bob, is the towel holding the maximum amount of mixture, or it is mildly squeezed out?

Bob, we just treated about 300 colonies using your oils recipe. You used 1 towel in each single. Ours were all double deeps so we put a towel both top & bottom. Did we we do right?

How often are you treating with the DFM?

Hi Bob: Since you prepared 220 of those half towels and only used a small quantity of them, what are your long term storage plans for the left overs? Dick Brickner

Hey Bob, have you ever noticed that humidity effects your OAV treatment? I'm being told by a beekeeper I look up to that our humidity here on the coast makes OAV ineffective. Have you heard of this to be true?

How do we differentiate EFB from Parasitic Mite Syndrome since the symptoms are almost identical? Thx

How long after these inspections did it take for a good brood pattern to develope? Thanks!

I have eight colonies. It would really help the many small beekeepers who watch your wonderful videos, if you would tell us how to make very small amounts of the treatment You are using. It's going to take some math to figure out the concentrations from one gallon of canola oil, 200 ml of tea tree oil, 200 ml of eucalyptus oil, and 100 ml of camphor oil. If I want to treat eight hives, how much do I need to make?

Do you do more than one treatment ???

I’ve used tea tree oil before and that seems readily available. Where can you buy good quality camphor oil?

would you put this in between two deep brood boxes?

This is the same recipe Chris Werner uses on his bees. Didn’t he share this with you several years ago?

Can these oil pads be used when honey supers are on?

How much of the prepared oil do you put on the half shop towel?

Essential oils are essential, good for varroa as well. But I find that there are many ml of oils. How many liters is a galon for americans does anybody know?

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can I ask a question , Can you feed bees bananas ? does it cause issues , health wise

Where do you get the camphor? Having trouble finding it in the larger volume

What is a good treatment for this disease

In my very early years of beekeeping with 10 hives I encountered European Foulbrood. I didn't know what it was exactly at the time. Fearing it was American Foulbrood and being so paranoid of how contagious it was and the spreading of it to my other colonies I did the unthinkable. I buried alive my 10 frame double deep boxes with bees still in them and with still a good population into the ground. To this day when I walk past the slightly depressed piece of ground, with grass growing on it, I still think and feel what a unfortunate mistake I made. 😢 🐝 On a happier note Pittsburgh Steelers or Las Vegas Raiders? Not much of a choice. Lol.

It should be treated with an antibiotic mixed with sugar

How do you get around the law? Here efb or afb means instant destruction and burning and burying of the whole hive and equipment. Perhaps the law makers are a little overzealous.

Hello borther how are you 😊

not good, no pollen feed them

I'm not convinced by this. If it does work Ill be crying into my fruit loops as I've burnt $10,000 worth of kit over the years to rid myself of this tiresome disease