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Offline Terry N

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Cleaning hive boxes
« on: August 02, 2014, 10:02:02 pm »
Need to start over for next year and think I need to clean out hive boxes, do I only clean the boxes?  Or do I have to clean them out? It is believed to have bee waste from robbing.Thanks

Offline jayj200

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Re: Cleaning hive boxes
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2014, 12:33:44 pm »
unless pesticides disease wax moth SHB just put it back in action


Offline Michael Bush

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Re: Cleaning hive boxes
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2014, 09:49:22 pm »
I just reuse them unless I need to clean out wax moth webbing...
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