Am a new bee keeper and am very appreciative of the wisdom from the FatBeeMan. With the demise of the company that produced Fumagillin B (their supplier stopped producing essential ingredients) I felt fortunate to acquire possibly one of the last bottles available. Still needed to find a substitute. Used the required 1/2 rounded tablespoon Fumagillin B per gallon, but added 1 tablespoon per gallon of Honey B Healthy (label lists sucrose, water, spearmint, lemongrass oil and Lecithin). I used much less of the Honey B Healthy than the prescribed 4-8 teaspoons per gallon (3 tsp = 1 tbs). Not only is Fumagillin B becoming very unavailable (as of October 2018), but there are reports of cheaper, bootleg counterfeit Fumagillin B out there. My bees do seem to be recovering, and think the essential oils in Honey B Healthy has a lot to do with it. I personally use tea tree oil, not only topically, but also it is in my shampoo (Private Reserve Shampoo Tea Tree). I see that The Fat Beeman prescribes 1/2 tsp (10-15 drops) of tea tree oil per gallon of near 2:1 syrup. Look forward to using tea tree oil in my syrup mix in the future. Thanks Mr. FatBeeMan.
Your the best don...I have learned more and gained more confidence from you than any other resource.I need your alternatives or beekeeping would be so unaffordable...and overwhelming in cost...your common sense approach is absolutely precious....this season will be the best Yet! Thankyou thankyou
If I understood well it's a 1:1 water to sugar mixture and you just add 10 drops of tea tree oil (can you kindly confirm). That's why I like the FATBEEMAN he uses natural and organic stuff. There so cheap.....Thanks for all your help
I acidentally gave them quite a bit more tea tree oil in their sugar water. What I found though was no more crawling bees. I don't know what they had that made them do that but it stopped. Instead, I noticed quite a few black bees now. I hope I didn't create another problem while fixing one thing. I haven't found any new dead bees in the last few days since I gave them the tea tree oil treatment so that must be good.
Conrad In Ohio and also want to know how you made the wire intrance. ID LIKE TO SHARE a trick i use to seal the feeder from leakage. buy some liquid spray rubber and coat the cracks and bottom.
Don, Great videos..I like your approach to hive management. Can you tell me how much Tea Tree Oil you use per gallon of sugar water for treatment of nosema? Thanks, Larry
Don, I am putting a new management program together for my apiaries. I.m going to be using many of your ideas in one location. If it works well for two seasons I'm going to use it on my other apiaries. Who would have thought of tea tree oil.
Thanks. I'm going to try this out today. BTW I've looked everywhere for the boric acid powder. Can you recommended a brand and a online store to buy. Thanks!
What style of nosema are we treating and how was it diganosed? Some shake a stick and call it a treatment but what results are shown. Similar to swarms on a tree branch already getting treatment from the oil it landed on. See I try to understand what your telling me understand stupid is not taught.
Hi Don, Love your videos. I'm new to beekeeping this year and I forgot to give my bees Nosema treatment this fall. I live in Gloucester, MA, about 45 minutes north of Boston and we're past the sugar syrup feeding for a few weeks; however, we are getting a warm spell for about 5 days, 60 degrees in the daytime, high 40's at night. Can I give them a small amount of sugar syrup with your tea tree oil formula before the cold sets in? Or what other alternative do I have if that method is not possible? Has anyone ever thought of mixing tea tree oil formula in with fondant as a Nosema treatment? I'm just really worried now after I made this mistake. Your reply is appreciated. Thank you Alicia
So with the 1/2 tsp added to the gallon 1-1 sugar syrup you just mix it straight in the syrup? Does it mix through ok ? So don't need to make a concentrate up in blender? If we do what is the mix for that? Thanks
I gave the mixture so many time and its on my chats too as far as donation if you feel that way watch all the free stuff on ututbe mine is free to watch too money that a big deal to you watch other channels
you still haven't responded, I watched your videos, almost all of them, I like most of them, but you are very vague on mixtures. how many drops do you put in 1 gallon of sugar syrup sir?
for a gal use 1/2 teaspoon to 1 gal
Don
Do you use food safe oil ?
Am a new bee keeper and am very appreciative of the wisdom from the FatBeeMan. With the demise of the company that produced Fumagillin B (their supplier stopped producing essential ingredients) I felt fortunate to acquire possibly one of the last bottles available. Still needed to find a substitute. Used the required 1/2 rounded tablespoon Fumagillin B per gallon, but added 1 tablespoon per gallon of Honey B Healthy (label lists sucrose, water, spearmint, lemongrass oil and Lecithin). I used much less of the Honey B Healthy than the prescribed 4-8 teaspoons per gallon (3 tsp = 1 tbs). Not only is Fumagillin B becoming very unavailable (as of October 2018), but there are reports of cheaper, bootleg counterfeit Fumagillin B out there. My bees do seem to be recovering, and think the essential oils in Honey B Healthy has a lot to do with it. I personally use tea tree oil, not only topically, but also it is in my shampoo (Private Reserve Shampoo Tea Tree). I see that The Fat Beeman prescribes 1/2 tsp (10-15 drops) of tea tree oil per gallon of near 2:1 syrup. Look forward to using tea tree oil in my syrup mix in the future. Thanks Mr. FatBeeMan.
Your the best don...I have learned more and gained more confidence from you than any other resource.I need your alternatives or beekeeping would be so unaffordable...and overwhelming in cost...your common sense approach is absolutely precious....this season will be the best Yet! Thankyou thankyou
If I understood well it's a 1:1 water to sugar mixture and you just add 10 drops of tea tree oil (can you kindly confirm). That's why I like the FATBEEMAN he uses natural and organic stuff. There so cheap.....Thanks for all your help
Don thanks for the infomation. I appreciate all you do for beekeeping
Phillip
Thanks for the video Don! That's great you run your car on cooking oil - we've done that too!
I acidentally gave them quite a bit more tea tree oil in their sugar water. What I found though was no more crawling bees. I don't know what they had that made them do that but it stopped. Instead, I noticed quite a few black bees now. I hope I didn't create another problem while fixing one thing. I haven't found any new dead bees in the last few days since I gave them the tea tree oil treatment so that must be good.
Were you using food safe oil ? 10 drops for a gallon ?
hello
sorry I missed you post,glad you agree with me.
Don
good cost effective way to keep bees ( Scotland ) many thanks for all your info, youll have to start up B&B on the tourist trade.
Thank you and thanks for all the great pointers.
yes I use it often in lot of my treatments.
Don
Thank you for all the good advice. Great natural way of keeping bees.
How much do you use to a 1 gallon?
Thanks FBM. Keep them coming.
thank you so much. I live in Perth western Australia.
yes you got it right.
Don
Don I would love to see how you make your feeders. I like the ones with the metal trays.
he has videos out there making some different types.
I lost my best hive to Noseema last fall-early winter. That won't happen again now that I know how to treat.
It was one year since your comment about noseema. Any news on the results?
@@maxmagnus777 I've never had another problem with it.
@@dabprod ty
how much tea tree oil per gallon?
in the video that was a gal jug. so in a 1-1 mix add 10 drops to it.
Don
Thank you so much for these videos
My uncle built my first hive for me, and he also has a french fry mobile :-) Runs it on cooking oil just like you do.
Great information from you here.....Can I apply this using a Fogger instead of a feed ?
What is the ammout of tea tree oil that u put on a gallon? Thanks
at 3:50 you place a new feeder. do you have a video showing how you made that feeder? I thought I saw one a while back? THANKS!
Conrad In Ohio and also want to know how you made the wire intrance. ID LIKE TO SHARE a trick i use to seal the feeder from leakage. buy some liquid spray rubber and coat the cracks and bottom.
Don,
Great videos..I like your approach to hive management. Can you tell me how much Tea Tree Oil you use per gallon of sugar water for treatment of nosema?
Thanks, Larry
Thanks for the video. Have you ever used lemongrass oil and if you have, is it effective?
Don, I am putting a new management program together for my apiaries. I.m going to be using many of your ideas in one location. If it works well for two seasons I'm going to use it on my other apiaries.
Who would have thought of tea tree oil.
Thanks. I'm going to try this out today. BTW I've looked everywhere for the boric acid powder. Can you recommended a brand and a online store to buy. Thanks!
If you think 52 degrees is cold, live in WV. It really gets cold up here.
6 degrees Montana
Thanks, also.. can you do this throughout the year? What frequency do you use?
Thank you
Don would there be any benefit in putting a drop of tea tree oil in the fogger when treating for varroa ?
how much per gallon?
Thanks for the video. How much of the tea tree oil do you put in this much sugar water mixture?
I fee din spring and fall.
Don
Don you didn't tell us how much you use???
10 drops to a gal
What style of nosema are we treating and how was it diganosed? Some shake a stick and call it a treatment but what results are shown. Similar to swarms on a tree branch already getting treatment from the oil it landed on. See I try to understand what your telling me understand stupid is not taught.
use about 10=15 for a prevenative
Don
to keep the ants out. did you mean put cinnamon in syrup or dry in box ?
What is the address where these products can be purchased?
Montana 6 degrees daytime 27jan2021
Don how many drops of tea tree oil per gal of sugar water...Thanks
how much tea tree oil do you put in a gallon of sugar water
whats the mix ratio? thx
What’s the ratio of oil to sugar water
Hi Don, Love your videos. I'm new to beekeeping this year and I forgot to give my bees Nosema treatment this fall. I live in Gloucester, MA, about 45 minutes north of Boston and we're past the sugar syrup feeding for a few weeks; however, we are getting a warm spell for about 5 days, 60 degrees in the daytime, high 40's at night. Can I give them a small amount of sugar syrup with your tea tree oil formula before the cold sets in? Or what other alternative do I have if that method is not possible? Has anyone ever thought of mixing tea tree oil formula in with fondant as a Nosema treatment? I'm just really worried now after I made this mistake. Your reply is appreciated.
Thank you
Alicia
for how long does the tea tree oil treatment be done.
to keep the ants away did you mean to put the cinnamon in the sugar solution?
What is the ratio of tea tree oil to a gallon of water thank you.???
what to do if you discover the ilness of Nosema in the middle of January here in Ohio? its very cold here
How much tea tree oil do you use per gallon of 1 to 1 sugar syrup? I didn't catch that? Thanks, Richard
good man
That's not good practice to pour feed on dead bees, that's a sure way to spread infections.
Can you open feed with this treatment??
yes you can open feed but why would you want to feed all the bees around your area
Will using thymol also reduce incidences of nosema.
I should have knocked on the bee hive after sending that. No sooner did I hit send, then I found 2 crawlers 😕
Please tell me the scientific name of tea tree which is written on the packaging
+florin crau The correct name of the tea tree is melaleuca.
how much tea tree oil do you put in that gal. of syrup?
do you sell your sugar containers, the ones. I buy my bees drown
So with the 1/2 tsp added to the gallon 1-1 sugar syrup you just mix it straight in the syrup? Does it mix through ok ? So don't need to make a concentrate up in blender? If we do what is the mix for that? Thanks
did somebody thry tea three oil how it works what happen
what brand of tea tree oil is the one you use?
I use lorrann oils
Do you add cinnamon to your sugar syrup to control for ants?
no just sprinkle in the feeder around pan
Would it work if you mixed tea tree oil into your mineral oil with a fogger?
Same question here
how much tea tree oil do you add to the sugar water???
Thanks
did you add the tea tree oil to the sugar water and how much oil per quart of sugar water
we mix it in 55 gal barrels
Don The Fat Bee Man I
The best thing is syrup+Clorox
Do you normally feed bees dead bees,what a mess 🙉
看来英文白学了，一句没听懂
doesn't respond to questions, doesn't explain dosage and mixture level and he wants a donation.
I gave the mixture so many time and its on my chats too as far as donation if you feel that way watch all the free stuff on ututbe mine is free to watch too money that a big deal to you watch other channels
you still haven't responded, I watched your videos, almost all of them, I like most of them, but you are very vague on mixtures. how many drops do you put in 1 gallon of sugar syrup sir?
read comments below
What's the mix ratio?
how much you take about 1 gallon ?????