Essential-B

Essential-B

Essential oil treatment for honeybees. This is a mixture of spearmint and lemongrass essential oils that seems to have a very beneficial effect on honeybees. We are not allowed to call it a medicine or make any claims to its benefits. It is comparable in use and strength to Honey B Healthy or Pro Health by Mann Lake, but is much cheaper in price. Maybe we can call it a problem repellant - because it seems to repel many of the problems associated with keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.

We recommend using this product at least 3 times in a row a week apart for maximum benifit to your bees.

Dosage recommendations:

In Feed:

One gallon Essential - B per 200 gallons of syrup

Smaller feedings - 2 teaspoons per gallon of syrup

As a Spray or Drench: 5 tablespoons per gallon, or 1 1/2 cups per 5 gallons in light syrup. For sick or distressed colonies we use twice the strength, but care must be taken because too much can kill bees. We find at twice the recommend dosage and applying about 4 ounces of mixure per colony per treatment that the colony appears "drowned" and many bees cling to the outside of the hive, but after a few hours everything has returned to normal and the bees seem healthier and happier than before. When using at these strong dosage test treat a few colonies first before treating everything, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR COLONIES.

Pricing:

$275.00 per 5 Gallon

F.O.B. Mims, FL