thymiangeist - Thyme spirit

[Calum]

Hi

in Germany "thyme spirit" is often used to aid queen introduction, baiting swarms, and aiding joining colonies.
Is is in use in Scotland, and if yes, does any one have a recipe to DYI?
thanks

Calum

[Neils]

The top result on google at the moment is this post, at least in English.

At the risk of asking a stupid question, is Thyme Spirit basically the same as Thymol?

[fatshark]

Hi Calum ... for bait hives I've used lemongrass oil. Others report using lemongrass and spearmint oil for queen introduction (http://www.beeculture.com/introducing-her-royal-higness/). I've not heard of thyme being used. If it's classed as an 'essential oil' (what makes it essential for goodness sake?) then there's a load of references out there ...

C4U made a reference to air freshener or something similar for uniting colonies just recently ...

[madasafish]

I use (unscented) air freshener for uniting - a tip from a commercial beekeeper. Works very well. MUCH quicker than newspaper..