Bungle
New Bee
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2018
- Messages
- 25
- Reaction score
- 10
- Location
- Chester, Cheshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 12
Hi,
I took 4 supers off 3 hives a week ago, but unfortunately couldn't extract them until last night. I stored them in the house utility room where the temperature was 25c.
All of the frames looked ok, with one or two much darker with a more uneven surface, and the extraction went well.
At the end of the process i looked into the extractor and saw, at the bottom of the tank, a small white which caterpillar like thing around 15mmmm long maybe and 3mm diameter. And then I recall seeing a moth under the roof of a hive (not one that i have not extracted from), but thought nothing of it. I'm no good at identifying moths, but have googled wax moth and will take a closer look next time - and get rid of it!
But i am assuming what i saw in the extractor is a wax moth larvae?
If so, is the extracted honey ok?
Many thanks.
I took 4 supers off 3 hives a week ago, but unfortunately couldn't extract them until last night. I stored them in the house utility room where the temperature was 25c.
All of the frames looked ok, with one or two much darker with a more uneven surface, and the extraction went well.
At the end of the process i looked into the extractor and saw, at the bottom of the tank, a small white which caterpillar like thing around 15mmmm long maybe and 3mm diameter. And then I recall seeing a moth under the roof of a hive (not one that i have not extracted from), but thought nothing of it. I'm no good at identifying moths, but have googled wax moth and will take a closer look next time - and get rid of it!
But i am assuming what i saw in the extractor is a wax moth larvae?
If so, is the extracted honey ok?
Many thanks.
