...and I'm not a cussing man! I've made several post but I thought I would start another with different questions. I know I lost my queen and had a weak hive and that's why I got them. I pulled the frames out and I'm letting the birds eat away. I'll pull out all the combs and burn them but for next Spring should I do anything else like sanitation? (http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161031/c1bd0d220cdd23b6d183cbab4d497bcc.jpg)
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New cussing man...dagnabit!
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with frames that aren't as badly infested you can freeze, clean, & re-use them. the hive bodies will be fine especially since you're in a cold climate.
I feel your pain. The comb from those frames makes great firestarters, larvae and all. I just cut out the comb, freeze the rest of the frame, just in case, and burn the comb.
(And I wanted a calm hobby to take my mind off the day job!)
It doesn't take them long does it? I have two other friends who have lost a hive to those things. I can freeze the frames and wait until next year.
I gave up hating wax moths. It's too much work... they are just part of beekeeping.
same here. wax moths only come after a hive gets week. I check hives and if I see the very first sign of moths i pull the frame and look for the problem. then if ok clean and I add brood and nurse bees from strong hive. I have not done this year because of surguries one after another. I have lost four hives because of this and they got wax moths and I just broke them down and let the night cold chill them and the birds clean them. then in the spring i'll scrape the bad frames and wash then reuse.
john
Wax moths and small hive beetles are opportunistic and love older comb. Don't over expand a hive and if you have a weak one shrink it down as small as you can.
Quote from: Michael Bush on October 31, 2016, 01:16:39 PM
I gave up hating wax moths. It's too much work..
You got a point there, Michael Bush
Quote from: divemaster1963 on October 31, 2016, 07:19:21 PM
same here. wax moths only come after a hive gets week. I check hives and if I see the very first sign of moths i pull the frame and look for the problem.
Divemaster,
That's my plan for next year. Probably will take up a few more hives in case I lose more