First inspection of year 2

[IBeeZac]

Hi all!

I’m just about to do my first inspection of year 2. I was going to add my Queen excluder and a super but when I unpacked my super it looked like this. Is it ok to use or how do I clean it up?

Thanks!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

waxmoth? hard to say unless you take it apart for us to see the frames

 

[IBeeZac]

3 frames, chosen at random….

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

That's fine - a little bit of waxmoth frazz which they'll clean up - I'd uncap the stores you have left in there before putting it back on though, they'll clean it all up then before refilling.

 

[IBeeZac]

So just uncap the stores and stick it on as it is? I thought wax moth were quite a bad thing to introduce to a hive?!?

Just found this….

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

scrape the pupae off, there's not that much waxmoth there, the bees will deal with it.

 

[Swarm]

Scrape off the frazz trails and poop and check for evidence of anything still lurking in the frames and the super itself.