Does anybody know any tricks for getting wax worm larvae and webs off of filled comb before extracting? I pulled a super off of one of my hives, but then brushhogging got in the way and I couldn't get to it. It's been 6 days, and the little buggers have hatched out. I don't exactly like worm poop in my honey. I've tried blowing them off with air, and that pretty much gets the larvae off, but does nothing for the webs and embedded poop and frass. :doh:
doggone wax worms!
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use a spatula and scoop out the contaminated comb and trash it. good luck,mike
nathan; just extract the honey and filter it through cheesecloth or one of the sieves available from the bee suppliers. Then let it settle for a few days and you're good to go. Gets everything, including most of the pollen out. Moth eggs and anything else you're worried about will not end up in the honey. 
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combs with wax moth contamination yield honey that is...awful.
Yeah; so you've got 50,000 other insects collecting nectar, barfing it up, putting it in cells, walking all over it and you're worried about a few moth larva! Gimme a break!
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sorry to have offended your sensabilities. bees do not "barf it up" in the sense of vomiting partially digested food, it is kept in a seperate dedicated sac.in their bodies. the contamination i was specifically refering to is the defecation(poop) from wax moth larvae, and from personal experience, it makes honey taste...awful. perhaps the taste is not offensive to yourself, but my comments were not directed to you.
good day,mike
good day,mike
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