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Offline edric

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Wood eating larvae in my hive
« on: August 26, 2015, 01:02:44 pm »
Noticed no activity at the hive, the nuc about 10 months old, it was very active, and then, photos to follow, thanks for any help, Ed
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Offline BeeMaster2

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Re: Wood eating larvae in my hive
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2015, 01:19:38 pm »
Ed, they are greater wax moths.
The make it look bad but just clean them off, crush them and reuse the equipment.
Jim
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Re: Wood eating larvae in my hive
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2015, 04:37:31 pm »
Hi Ed,

burn lightly with a blowtorch your equipment.
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Re: Wood eating larvae in my hive
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2015, 05:40:13 pm »
No need to do anything except scrape off the cocoons and scrap any badly eaten combs.
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Re: Wood eating larvae in my hive
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2015, 08:19:51 pm »
Thanks guys,  Ed
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