Tjsegla:
Mr. Happy in San Diego doesn't know we had snow that stuck to the ground here in New Haven on Monday. I doubt you have to worry about wax moths yet, but the advice Michael Bush gave of setting up a bait hive (perhaps you'll get a swarm from me) with a few combs and taking the other supers and combs and keeping them where there's no chance of getting wax moth damage from any moths or larvae that might have survived the winter somehow. If you bring them inside, you can cycle combs through the freezer and protect them that way, or there's always paradichorobenzene crystals.
Where in New Haven are you? I'm at the base of East Rock. I consider myself lucky that all my colonies came through the winter ok. I've lost them over the winter in the past...truly sad. I hope I've finally gotten some winter-hardy, hygienic stock!
Mr. Happy in San Diego doesn't know we had snow that stuck to the ground here in New Haven on Monday. I doubt you have to worry about wax moths yet, but the advice Michael Bush gave of setting up a bait hive (perhaps you'll get a swarm from me) with a few combs and taking the other supers and combs and keeping them where there's no chance of getting wax moth damage from any moths or larvae that might have survived the winter somehow. If you bring them inside, you can cycle combs through the freezer and protect them that way, or there's always paradichorobenzene crystals.
Where in New Haven are you? I'm at the base of East Rock. I consider myself lucky that all my colonies came through the winter ok. I've lost them over the winter in the past...truly sad. I hope I've finally gotten some winter-hardy, hygienic stock!
