moth Larvae

[scott_dixon]

I pulled 2 deeps here in the fall and put them in a closet. It seems moth larvae have invaded the unfilled portions of the comb, making a real mess.

Is there anyway to dispose of them without cutting those parts of the comb out prior to extraction? I was hoping to scrape these two sets of frames and put them back in my hives next season, as my honey yield went WAY up as a result of putting frames in my hives that already had built out comb in them.

tia.

Scott

[Joel]

Scott, unless there is quite a bit it won't effect the finsihed product much. If there is considerable feces I would scrape that out. Everything else (larve and such) will be removed in the straining process.

[ December 12, 2005, 09:48 AM: Message edited by: Joel ]

[BjornBee]

You could freeze the frames. Then extract when the honey warms back up. At least you would only be dealing with dead worms.

I know they add worms to tequila, so why not honey. You could start a new trend and marketing rage. Honey for carbs, and worms for protein. Sounds about right.

[nursebee]

I trash most of it.

[iddee]

And my bet is, bjornbee does too. tongue.gif

[BjornBee]

Yes I do. ;)

[Dave W]

>Honey for carbs, and worms for protein . . .

And V-mites as a garnish?