Bringing One Of My Swarm Hives Home

[apisbees]

I just figured that from your other thread you started. Good Girl I was thinking why would she bring this mess back close to her good hives.
their are 2 different wax moths. the greater and lesser. I have been lucky and have never had them up here although every once in a while guys will get them. The moths I get are smaller and the tunneling holes through the combs are 1/4 smaller than what he has. the lesser and greater leave behind a silk trail that he has but their are holes with out a trail also so that is makes me believe that it is not the known wax moth and the frames would be totally destroyed had it been one of them also.

[Jen]

I'm wondering if it's a combination of things ~

[Gypsi]

it is probably a combination of things, but unless you saw a bunch of young nurse bees in there that called on you to save them, I would consider dry ice followed by freezer. That's worse than I saw in the cutout I did a couple of weeks ago, and those I didn't encourage to go into my hives, and I dumped their honey down the toilet., matter of fact they and their queen took off the next morning.

[Jen]

Thanks Gypsi, that's what I'm needing now is straight forward answers !!

Seems the condition of this hive is difficult to diagnose ~

 

[riverbee]

jen's thread is here on opinions on this hive:

Possible Moth Damage.. and or.. Disease

[Jen]

Riv    Looks like I'm still keeping you busy hu? 

[riverbee]

yup....just a little....... ............