Cling Film et al

[Hachi]

I was interested to read Hivemaker wraps his empty supers in "cling film" for the winter and I was trying to find cling film or a suitable alternative more than the 460mm or so wide to wrap my supers in.

My "Google" comes up with Silage wrapping.

What does everyone else use or recommend? Damned wax moth are getting the upper hand in this parish.

 

[Millet]

I was interested to read Hivemaker wraps his empty supers in "cling film" for the winter and I was trying to find cling film or a suitable alternative more than the 460mm or so wide to wrap my supers in.

My "Google" comes up with Silage wrapping.

What does everyone else use or recommend? Damned wax moth are getting the upper hand in this parish.

I have seen pallets of goods wrapped pretty quick. Just Saying.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

pallet wrap. Veg on here used to use it as well

 

[Michael Palmer]

It's called stretch wrap over here. I wrap pallets of supers so I can handle them with a forklift.

 

[oliver90owner]

suitable alternative more than the 460mm or so wide

You can wrap round more than once! Watch a u-toob vid on silage or pallet wrapping. One thickness is not necessarily that resistant to puncture damage. Wax moths don't need a very large entry!

 

[nantmoel]

I also wrap mine in pallet wrap, I'll do anything yo keep the bloody wax moth at bay!

 

[Hachi]

suitable alternative more than the 460mm or so wide

You can wrap round more than once! Watch a u-toob vid on silage or pallet wrapping. One thickness is not necessarily that resistant to puncture damage. Wax moths don't need a very large entry!

Totally agree O90 with your sentiment, puncture was/is a big risk and my thinking was, if I could find it wide enough I lessen the risk of a open joint so to speak and can guarantee complete coverage as I cocoon them

 

[Millet]

I was interested to read Hivemaker wraps his empty supers in "cling film" for the winter and I was trying to find cling film or a suitable alternative more than the 460mm or so wide to wrap my supers in.

My "Google" comes up with Silage wrapping.

What does everyone else use or recommend? Damned wax moth are getting the upper hand in this parish.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/1109831564...=1006767&device=c&campaignid=861364981&crdt=0

 

[psafloyd]

I was interested to read Hivemaker wraps his empty supers in "cling film" for the winter and I was trying to find cling film or a suitable alternative more than the 460mm or so wide to wrap my supers in.

My "Google" comes up with Silage wrapping.

What does everyone else use or recommend? Damned wax moth are getting the upper hand in this parish.

Couldn't do it myself – so much plastic for landfill would give me sleepless nights.

 

[user 6228]

Couldn't do it myself – so much plastic for landfill would give me sleepless nights.

reserve plastic for things that last at least 10 years.

 

[Hivemaker.]

reserve plastic for things that last at least 10 years.

Suspect that many plastics would last ten years, but whether anyone would want to use a lot of the things made from it for ten years is another thing.

Recycle it instead.

 

[Helen]

Wax moth ate through my cling film-wrapped supers. Had about 10 layers of cling film over them ... chomp chomp chomp...

 

[wightbees]

Range sale large roll of cling film about £12.

 

[Stiffy]

I wrap each super with pallet wrap after extracting and then store them on pallets. Pallets then get a good covering and never had a problem and the bees are quick to use the following year. Pallet wrap is bought from my local packaging wholesale but believe you can get it from Screwfix.
S

 

[Stiffy]

Wax moth ate through my cling film-wrapped supers. Had about 10 layers of cling film over them ... chomp chomp chomp...

Wax moth would struggle biting through plastic, are you sure it wasn’t a mouse that made a hole and wax moth took advantage?
S

 

[Anduril]

https://thewire.in/130659/wax-moth-caterpillar-plastic-waste/
Maybe cling film will succumb to wax moth, pallet wrap is stronger.

 

[Millet]

Couldn't do it myself – so much plastic for landfill would give me sleepless nights.

It's always good for getting the coal fire going quick when winter hits us..

 

[theeggman]

We used to use pallet wrap when we dispatched our eggs to the packer, 720 doz. to a pallet and no problems. Pallet wrap is a lot thicker and stronger than cling film, you would struggle to put a finger through it, in fact when you want to tear at the end of wrapping it's a pain in the rr's. I don't think a wax moth is going to get through it and given it's price you could double wrap. Don't bother with a dispenser a finger in each end of the roll works a treat.

 

[Helen]

Wax moth would struggle biting through plastic, are you sure it wasn’t a mouse that made a hole and wax moth took advantage?
S

Nope, definitely wax moth. They are good at eating plastic, apparently.

See Anduril's reply.

 

[Beefriendly]

Wax moth would struggle biting through plastic, are you sure it wasn’t a mouse that made a hole and wax moth took advantage?
S

The adult moths might struggle but the larvae don't have a problem with eating plastic....seen as a potential answer to our polyethylene mountain.
Looks like cling film just provides more food for them...

Footnote...it's the rarer greater wax moth's larvae...so most will be safe with their wrapped wet supers.