Watch out for wax moth

[enrico]

Don,t know if it is the mild weather but found a bit of wax moth in stored frames. For those who have never seen it, I think it has a distinctive smell. Pick out frames from your store. If you tip them and dust falls out or you can see a few cells with a sort of cobweb over the top, hold them to the light and you may see the grubs. If you put a thin piece of wire in a cell you will find there are no sides, the grub leaves the foundation and the top and eats its way sideways through the cells.
Worth checking, they can wreck a stack of supers!
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[Millet]

I have a pile of ready made brand new frames and foundation in the shed, probably more than i will ever need but i got carried away this summer , i have checked them twice up to now but its a pain in the back side unwrapping them all and then re wrapping them up in plastic bags.
Is they any kind of product i can put around them that will deter Wax Moth.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I have a pile of ready made brand new frames and foundation in the shed, probably more than i will ever need but i got carried away this summer , i have checked them twice up to now but its a pain in the back side unwrapping them all and then re wrapping them up in plastic bags.
Is they any kind of product i can put around them that will deter Wax Moth.

Certan aka B401 however unused foundation or comb which has never held brood would have a very low risk of wax moth damage. The moth larvae feed on the silk cocoons left behind in brood comb.

 

[linoleum bonypart]

interesting I didn't know that GJ....thanks

 

[masterBK]

Millet I didn't think the greater wax moth was present up in Durham and northumberland only the lesser wax moth as the LWM is more cold tolerant than the GWM. I believe, that Certain (B401) is specific only for the GWM.
The following link takes you to the Vita Europe site so you can read all about it
http://www.vita-europe.com/products/b401/

 

[Millet]

Certan aka B401 however unused foundation or comb which has never held brood would have a very low risk of wax moth damage. The moth larvae feed on the silk cocoons left behind in brood comb.

Thank you for that, i had no idea bee pupae built a silk blanket around them, i thought the the wax chambers made by the bees served that purpose, that's the Beauty of this Forum, i would probably never have found that information on google.

 

[Millet]

Millet I didn't think the greater wax moth was present up in Durham and northumberland only the lesser wax moth as the LWM is more cold tolerant than the GWM. I believe, that Certain (B401) is specific only for the GWM.
The following link takes you to the Vita Europe site so you can read all about it
http://www.vita-europe.com/products/b401/

I did not mention Greater or lesser and i probably wont be able to tell the difference anyway as yet, but thank you for the link, i'll have a little look now.

 

[For want of a better word]

The spiders in my beeshed eat them... or the cold kills them.
Wet supers are deep frozen before stacking with newspaper between.
Acetic acid has been used in the past... keep it for the pickles!

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[drex]

I burn sulphur strips in them before storing, done up tight with ratchet straps and boards top and bottom.

 

[For want of a better word]

I burn sulphur strips in them before storing, done up tight with ratchet straps and boards top and bottom.

Attempted to buy some.. told that I needed a £39.00 licence

Yeghes da