What did you do in the Apiary today?

[Ely]

I'll be putting out all of my brood boxes tonight. Possible -8 should kill off wax moth

 

[enrico]

I'll be putting out all of my brood boxes tonight. Possible -8 should kill off wax moth

Dream on...... Wax moth have survived my solar wax melter and my freezer

 

[Murox]

I'll be putting out all of my brood boxes tonight. Possible -8 should kill off wax moth

Not cold enough to do that even a normal freezer isn't really cold enough either. If memory serves its something like -40degreesC for a minimum of 48hrs that's needed to really kill stuff.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Photos taken earlier -5c
Just had a listen to the sides of the hives and 8 mini nucs all are alive and making a nice humming sound, which is like buetifull music.
The two paynes nucs at the end of the row are completely under snow except for an area at the back and front of the nucs

 

[Macbear]

Dream on...... Wax moth have survived my solar wax melter and my freezer

I give a quick blast of a blowtorch to BBs not currently in use. Any gaps in the joints then get Brummer stopping. Seems to work for me. If I had more hives then that may not be as viable a proposition, I accept.
My neck of the woods still has bright sunshine in a cloudless blue sky, about 3 degrees and a good drying wind for the washing. No precipitation until noon forecast, predicted as sleety then rain - for a few hours. Sadly, unable to visit my ladies as I'm going out.

 

[The Poot]

Photos taken earlier -5c
Just had a listen to the sides of the hives and 8 mini nucs all are alive and making a nice humming sound, which is like buetifull music.View attachment 41648View attachment 41649
The two paynes nucs at the end of the row are completely under snow except for an area at the back and front of the nucs

I really like that top photo, with the sun trying to pierce the gloom.
The merest sprinkle of snow here with a fairly sharp frost overnight. Now it’s bright sunshine.