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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 12375" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>one of the catches is freezing only kills the eggs. when they put the boxes in storage wax moth can get in a lay in them again.</p><p></p><p></p><p>it depends on when the problem is occurring. </p><p>if they are getting blown in winter then often its a problem of storing to early. storing straight after extraction can mean its still warm. they need to be put onto hives to be looked after until temps drop. the other is sheds are to hot. with some of the warm winters the sheds are getting heated to much during the day.</p><p>also clean the yard up. the less gear thats around for them to get into and breed the better.</p><p>if its only been in the last few years, check you havn't got bee sites down the road. if people are walking away from hives they could be leaving piles of dead outs which wax moth will breed well in. </p><p></p><p>if your getting problems in spring, its generally because of not getting the supers out into the field fast enough. thats the problem we typically have because our sheds warm up, but there is not much happening in the hives so they don't need supers. sometimes you just have to throw it all on the hives even if they don't need it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 12375, member: 30"] one of the catches is freezing only kills the eggs. when they put the boxes in storage wax moth can get in a lay in them again. it depends on when the problem is occurring. if they are getting blown in winter then often its a problem of storing to early. storing straight after extraction can mean its still warm. they need to be put onto hives to be looked after until temps drop. the other is sheds are to hot. with some of the warm winters the sheds are getting heated to much during the day. also clean the yard up. the less gear thats around for them to get into and breed the better. if its only been in the last few years, check you havn't got bee sites down the road. if people are walking away from hives they could be leaving piles of dead outs which wax moth will breed well in. if your getting problems in spring, its generally because of not getting the supers out into the field fast enough. thats the problem we typically have because our sheds warm up, but there is not much happening in the hives so they don't need supers. sometimes you just have to throw it all on the hives even if they don't need it. [/QUOTE]
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