whynothot
New Bee
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2012
- Messages
- 27
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Crosshands, Carmarthenshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 2
Checked my small hive with a collected swarm in. Three of the unused frames in the box were dripping with wax moth, horrible state, grubs everywhere.
Cleaned it out and killed (hopefully) all the moths and grubs, and intend to move the brood to a new unused box tomorrow. I'll blowtorch the old box and hopefully get rid of the pests.
But given the brood only covers 7 frames, how best to fill the void in the box? I know i could put more frames in, but don't want a repeat of the moth attack
Any ideas?
Cleaned it out and killed (hopefully) all the moths and grubs, and intend to move the brood to a new unused box tomorrow. I'll blowtorch the old box and hopefully get rid of the pests.
But given the brood only covers 7 frames, how best to fill the void in the box? I know i could put more frames in, but don't want a repeat of the moth attack
Any ideas?