We had 4 boxes of drawn comb stored in our house with 1/2 cup of moth crystals on the inside top of the highest box. It was covered and there were no ‘leaks’. Several weeks later, we needed a few frames and were so disappointed to find that 50% were infested with hundreds of wax moth larvae (large and small) along with live moths and cocoons everywhere!! It was disgusting!
We have been so successful with out bees so finding several of our hives dead really upset us. We surmise that their mite population was too great even though we treated in late September with MAQs – Mite Away Quick Strips. We are thinking that we treated too late in the year?
We ended up loosing 80% of our hives =(
One of our very weak hives is begging for a new queen. Look at all these capped queen cells!!
Delicious honey!!!! We were amazed at how much honey the bees can make in such a short time.
