On Aug. 24th one of my hives looked like this:
A sure sign of Nosema.
On September 25th, I transferred the colony to a clean, unused hive. Since then, the front of the hive has been nice and clean.
The colony has been very active, bringing lots of pollen and had a good amount of brood when I transferred to new hive.
A few weeks before the transfer, I fed 5 gals of syrup with lemon and also thyme oil. I have heard claims of thyme oil being used for mites and other hive ailments. I have no idea if this helped with the Nosema in infection.
UPDATE:
I checked the hive on Novemeber 1st and it looks great. Lots of bees and a lot of honey. A total of 14 bars with about 2/3 of that all honey.
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