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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: rober on October 19, 2015, 01:53:34 am

Title: moth crystals
Post by: rober on October 19, 2015, 01:53:34 am
the newbee in the thread about combining hives also stored the frames from his failed hive in the wrong type of moth crystals. will that comb ever be safe to use again?
Title: Re: moth crystals
Post by: LazyBkpr on October 19, 2015, 02:35:25 am
As i understand it, the "naphthalene" in those crystals will be absorbed into the wax. I wouldnt risk it if I had done that.
Title: Re: moth crystals
Post by: Curtchann on October 19, 2015, 03:38:09 am
What would be the correct chemical to get to combat wax moths?
Title: Re: moth crystals
Post by: rober on October 19, 2015, 09:33:35 am
I figured the comb was done for. I just wondered if anyone had any personal experience.
curtchann-paradichlorobenzene is the correct one.
Title: Re: moth crystals
Post by: efmesch on October 19, 2015, 04:15:40 pm
What would be the correct chemical to get to combat wax moths?

I think your best bet would be BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) spray.  It's not a poison ("chemical") but is very effective.  It has a long lasting effect since the spores of the BT remain in the hive, thus providing protection against new generations of moths.  It is harmless to the bees and can be applied while the supers are on the hives just as well as when they are stored off the hives.

My general practise has been to spray the frames with BT after the honey is extracted and then put them back on the hives for cleaning.  As the bees clean the remnants of honey, they also spread the BT sporess to unsprayed parts of the hive, expanding the protection to unsprayed areas.
Title: Re: moth crystals
Post by: rober on October 19, 2015, 08:07:02 pm
I do use BT. these frames belong to a newbee beekeeper I'm trying to help out.
Title: Re: moth crystals
Post by: gtrr4 on October 24, 2015, 08:10:37 pm
Is this the start of wax moths?  This was one of the frame from a hive that abscound.
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(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs15.postimg.cc%2Fx01b10y47%2F1024151432.jpg&hash=5b4127fbc93fd65f2f2a1a12e5f1b3263a0f52bb) (http://postimg.cc/image/x01b10y47/)
Title: Re: moth crystals
Post by: tedh on October 24, 2015, 10:06:19 pm
Yes.
Title: Re: moth crystals
Post by: riverbee on October 25, 2015, 12:04:37 am
as ted said yes............pull it out, freeze it
Title: Re: moth crystals
Post by: efmesch on October 25, 2015, 03:06:53 am
Remove the webs as well as you can, by hand, and then give the frames a good spraying with BT.