Mouldy Super comb

[SunnyRaes]

We've been cleaning out the bee shed today, and discovered that, because its ben so damp, despite being well ventilated, some of the kit has gone mouldy. That's fine - we can clean all that, however...

At least some of our stored drawn super frames (some with unripe honey) have got mould in some of the cells. Is there anything we can do with them? Do we have to write off the frames? Can we cut out the mouldy cells? or in fact are we likely to be ok if we scrape them out?

What about the other frames they were stored with? Are they likely to be contaminated with anything we wouldn't want going onto a hive?

We haven't yet opened all the bagged supers, but I'm not looking forward to seeing whats in there...

Any suggestions?

 

[Finman]

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When comb is cold, it is easy to scrabe. Don't cut if it only mold..
Bees will clean moldy combs. You may help them in their job.

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[enrico]

Probably only the pollen that has gone mouldy, give it back to bees using those frames first and they will clean them before main flow. If very mouldy then I wouldn't bother but then I have plenty of drawn frames so that is easy for me!

 

[Cazza]

We haven't yet opened all the bagged supers, but I'm not looking forward to seeing whats in there...

Winter damp is a very good reason for not putting them in bags in the first place. Shouldn't be necessary.
Cazza

 

[richardbees]

sunny

Don't waste the drawn comb, if it's only fungal mould due to damp the bees will clean it off almost overnight.

 

[RogueDrone]

Don't waste the drawn comb, if it's only fungal mould due to damp the bees will clean it off almost overnight.[/QUOTE]