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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => DISEASE & PEST CONTROL => Topic started by: rober on August 04, 2011, 01:46:18 pm

Title: what kind of larva?
Post by: rober on August 04, 2011, 01:46:18 pm
found this larva in my freeman beetle trap. too soaked in oil to check out it's legs. it's about 1/2" long
(http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/rober49/mysterylarva.jpg)
Title: Re: what kind of larva?
Post by: AllenF on August 04, 2011, 01:54:45 pm
Wax moth in the making. 
Title: Re: what kind of larva?
Post by: rober on August 04, 2011, 01:59:26 pm
i guess that's better than a s.h.b. larva. are the moths usually visible in the hive?
how do you treat the hive?
Title: Re: what kind of larva?
Post by: danno on August 04, 2011, 02:11:32 pm
i guess that's better than a s.h.b. larva. are the moths usually visible in the hive?
how do you treat the hive?
you treat them by keeping the colony strong.  Sometimes you will see a moth or 10 but usually they just sneak in at night and lay eggs
Title: Re: what kind of larva?
Post by: AllenF on August 04, 2011, 02:12:47 pm
Wax moth works a hive when it is weak.  Keep a strong hive.   And reduce the front to keep the moths out.   They fly in at night.   To kill them, smash them, burn them, torch them.    A string hive will clean up the damage to the comb from the wax moths.  You will have to scrap out the cocoons.  
Title: Re: what kind of larva?
Post by: sc-bee on August 10, 2011, 06:26:39 pm
Larvae make great panfish and trout bait :)
Title: Re: what kind of larva?
Post by: VolunteerK9 on August 10, 2011, 06:28:42 pm
A little BT (Certan) on your drawn combs this winter is a great insurance policy against future damage.