one of my hives was queenless with a dwidling population. 3 days ago i decided to just shake the remaining bees into another hive & store the woodenware & frames. went into it this morning & there may have been 1/2 lb. of bees left. as i pulled the frames i found & killed around 15 moths. no webs yet so they were just getting started. all those frames are in the freezer. just goes to show what a strong & healthy hive can withstand.
I had a hive last year that was overrun by moths in a weeks time. They are very efficient at destroying a hive once they get a foothold. I cleaned the damaged comb (some say leave it) and then left in the freezer for a week.
A week ago, I put 5 frames with just old foundation on my work bench figuring being in open air would protect them. Yesterday I went to use them and the 3 center frames are all webbed together.
Jim
Xentari guys .....
Quote from: sc-bee on March 30, 2015, 11:11:01 PM
Xentari guys .....
Dead on. That stuff is inexpensive and easy to put on with a spray bottle. Like little land mines waiting for wax moth larva to happen by. You can see where the wax moth larva webbing just starts but then seem to vanish. If you look really closely you'll see a desiccated caterpillar at the end of a very short webbing trail.