- Joined
- Sep 7, 2013
- Messages
- 332
- Reaction score
- 306
- Location
- Loughborough
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 11
Thought I'd share this as a salutary tale.
Normally I fumigate boxes with acetic in autumn to combat wax moth (pre-storage). On occasion, I have frozen frames, and have also winged it. In all cases, I put sheets of newspaper between stacked boxes. Happy to give all tactics a try.
Last year, at my out-apiary, I decided not to fumigate, but to store the supers wet (supposedly a good idea). They were stored in an outbuilding where I might also normally have expected the temperatures to 'do for' any eggs/larvae over winter.
Anyhow, lesson learned. See below. I pulled out most of the (living) larvae in early spring, and these have since been back on strong hives, but the battle is lost, methinks. What a mess!
Normally I fumigate boxes with acetic in autumn to combat wax moth (pre-storage). On occasion, I have frozen frames, and have also winged it. In all cases, I put sheets of newspaper between stacked boxes. Happy to give all tactics a try.
Last year, at my out-apiary, I decided not to fumigate, but to store the supers wet (supposedly a good idea). They were stored in an outbuilding where I might also normally have expected the temperatures to 'do for' any eggs/larvae over winter.
Anyhow, lesson learned. See below. I pulled out most of the (living) larvae in early spring, and these have since been back on strong hives, but the battle is lost, methinks. What a mess!