Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

ocba - Re: [ocba] Cleanup after wax moths?

ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Orange County, NC Beekeepers

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Randall Austin <ra41717 AT gmail.com>
  • To: Phil DeGuzman <phil.deguzman AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] Cleanup after wax moths?
  • Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:02:31 -0500

Phil,

All I do is pull off the worst fuzzy bits. The bees will take it from there. A strong hive will turn a wax-moth mess into shiny new comb in short order. There isn't any need to scrub or wash, and there's certainly no need to remove relatively undamaged comb.

Randall Austin



On 11/11/2013 1:36 PM, Phil DeGuzman wrote:
During our move to a new house this summer I had a dead hive that was left
outdoors. Wax moths had a field day in there. I plan to clean it up and
install new foundation for next spring. Question: is there anything beyond
scraping off the dead wax moth remnants and maybe scrubbing with soapy water
that I should do before installing new foundation ( and in spring new bees) ?

Phil DeGuzman
_________________________________________
ocba mailing list | North Carolina Beekeeping| http://www.theocba.org/
Manage Your Subscription: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ocba/






Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page