buying a nuc

[hotlands]

I just lost a colony to wax moths. I wish to buy a nuc to start over. I live in Oklahoma, and would like to buy from this general region. Any suggestions? Thanks,
...r.

[BULLSEYE BILL]

If you want to drive to Wichita to get them, I could fix you up around April 1st to the 15th.

[Michael Bush]

HROGERS has small hives for sale sometimes in Texarkana.

[BjornBee]

Hotlands,
Just trying to help, and I am not sure of your beekeeping experience. But wax moths do not kill hives. A weak queen, a queenless hive for an extended period, and a number of other conditions can allow the moths to infest and eventually take over a hive. I hope you seek the reason the moths had this oppotunity so it does not happen again.

Oh yeah....welcome aboard. http://www.beesource.com/ubb/smile.gif

[hotlands]

Thanks to all for the replies to my nuc inquiry. I'm a novice, so I had thought I cold buy a nuc now to be in place and laying by end of january. Guess I'll cool my heels 'til mid-spring. By the way, I found a Tulsa source. Bjorn... yes, I have been advised that wax moths are really a symptom, more than a cause, of a troubled colony. I haven't yet determined what weakened the hive so. The population was down to a few hundred dead and extremely weak bees when I inspected this past weekend. The queen was dead in their midst. Further inspection revealed a second dead queen laying on the bottom board. There was a fair amount of uneaten honey. At this point I don't have any idea, really.
Thanks again,
R.

[db_land]

Hey Hotlands,
You probably already thought of this, but you should preserve whatever combs and honey you can for your new bees - it would give them a big boost. Freezing the combs for a day or two will kill the wax moth lavae.

Welcome and Merry Christmas

[hotlands]

Thanks, DB. Actually I already donated the salvagable honey to the colony next door, after examining it for signs of moths.

anyone have a theory what might have made this lost colony vulnerable to the moths?
...hotlands.

[Michael Bush]

Failing queen. No queen. Varroa mites. Those would be the top three. After that there's any kind of brood disease (Chaulk, EFB and AFB).