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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => DISEASE & PEST CONTROL => Topic started by: yes2matt on March 23, 2016, 06:58:19 AM

Title: In the smoker
Post by: yes2matt on March 23, 2016, 06:58:19 AM
What happens if I add thyme to my smoker fuel? What if I add rhubarb leaves? 

Will I knock my mite load down significantly? Or will I just encourage resistance to thymol and OA?
Title: Re: In the smoker
Post by: Michael Bush on March 23, 2016, 12:37:08 PM
>What happens if I add thyme to my smoker fuel? What if I add rhubarb leaves? 

If they are dry enough, they will burn and make smoke.

>Will I knock my mite load down significantly?

No.  The efficacious dose would be about a thousand times that concentration.

> Or will I just encourage resistance to thymol and OA?

No.  Not enough active ingredient to matter.
Title: Re: In the smoker
Post by: yes2matt on March 24, 2016, 07:45:33 AM
Ok thanks.