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Advice on wax moth and harvesting honey
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<blockquote data-quote="Daveaky" data-source="post: 2567" data-attributes="member: 226"><p>Hey team.</p><p></p><p>I have a few questions I would love some advice on. I have two hives, and I have left everything a bit late to harvest my honey and do a treatment on them.</p><p></p><p>Hive 1:</p><p>There are two brood boxes, two honey supers. They are half full with honey, and all the boxes have wax moth. there is no sign of a Queen.</p><p></p><p>Hive 2:</p><p>Two brood boxes, two honey. They also have honey in them. Their numbers have shown considerably too.</p><p></p><p>So my questions are the following:</p><p>1. For the hive with wax moth, is there any point trying to collect the honey if there is wax moth throughout?</p><p>2. Should I freeze the frames to kill the wax moth? If so, what do I do a out storing them over winter if there is still honey in the frames? Do I just wrap with glad wrap?</p><p>3. Can I treat the hives and harvest the honey afterwards? Or do I remove the honey supers now and treat the brood?</p><p>4. because I can’t harvest straight away, I’m assuming it’s ok for me to store the honey supers somewhere and then harvest later?</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daveaky, post: 2567, member: 226"] Hey team. I have a few questions I would love some advice on. I have two hives, and I have left everything a bit late to harvest my honey and do a treatment on them. Hive 1: There are two brood boxes, two honey supers. They are half full with honey, and all the boxes have wax moth. there is no sign of a Queen. Hive 2: Two brood boxes, two honey. They also have honey in them. Their numbers have shown considerably too. So my questions are the following: 1. For the hive with wax moth, is there any point trying to collect the honey if there is wax moth throughout? 2. Should I freeze the frames to kill the wax moth? If so, what do I do a out storing them over winter if there is still honey in the frames? Do I just wrap with glad wrap? 3. Can I treat the hives and harvest the honey afterwards? Or do I remove the honey supers now and treat the brood? 4. because I can’t harvest straight away, I’m assuming it’s ok for me to store the honey supers somewhere and then harvest later? Thanks [/QUOTE]
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