Nosema ceranae The Inside Story by Dr. Tomas Webster
Tom is the beekeeping & honey bee extension specialist & researcher at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky. One of his special areas of study is Nosema disease in honey bees. This article was jointly published in the American Bee Journal and in Bee Culture, April 2010.
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Started a new hive with package bees and all new equipment, end of March. They’ve been working like mad, lots of stores being brought in. Using 8 frame stuff, two brood chambers, a queen excluder. They had the second honey super about half filled already, so I put the 3rd. medium super on as I’m going to be away for 3 months. Today I took out the bottom board and cleaned lots of pollen off of it and a moth scurried away. From your site I know about storing supers full of honey and using chemicals on them. Any suggestions on what I can do to solve the problem with moths. A friendly keeper (my brother) can check on them while I’m gone but I am worried about them. I have not checked the hive beyond taking out the bottom board cover sheet, so don’t know the extent of their invasion.
Thanks for any advice.
John Alexander
John
If you have lots of bees in the hive, frames covered with bees you don’t have anything to worry about. Seeing an occasional moth is not unusual, especially down on the bottom board where they are hiding from the bees. Plus, the wax moths will not bother the new box with foundation (they’re not interested in foundation).
Phil