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Greater wax moth larve
Nothing to lose, swap as many frames as possible. I reckon bees are doomed I am afraid!
Put them in a nuc. Dummy them down if need be, so that there are no unguarded frames. Good luck.It's 13° here and I thought I'd take the opportunity to remove the last feeder and to check on the progress of a weak colony. Removed the feeder without disturbing the bees too much but when I looked through the transparent crown board on the weak colony I saw three frames at each extremity absolutely covered in wax moths and their webbing.
Is there any treatment I can give at this time of the year that won't harm the bees and will not require all the frames to be pulled out? I was wondering whether a vapourised Oxalic Acid-based treatment would kill the wax moth larvae off?
I know that, whatever the question, the answer is strong colonies but this colony has a bit of history. Are the bees doomed?
Any thoughts?
CVB
Put them in a nuc. Dummy them down if need be, so that there are no unguarded frames. Good luck.
Put them in a nuc. Dummy them down if need be, so that there are no unguarded frames. Good luck.
Looks like could be mouse droppings, they look a little too big for earwig droppings.
No other sign of mouses. Like bedding or damage to comb.
This poo not spread across colony but as an odd patch.
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