In message <[log in to unmask]>, Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]> writes >Thank You for the info on cedar hives. I will definetly try them. I can't help about the mite query but I believe that the cedar repels waxmoth WHEN NEW. As soon as the bees propolise over the wood, they stop the oils being effective. (Perhaps a rub down with sandpaper may re- vitalise them?) More knowledgable (read expert) than I beekeepers told me that it doesn't work, so I ignored them and put small (6 x 3 1/2 inch) pieces of newly sawn timber in my stored supers and never saw a waxmoth. Guess I was just plain lucky -- Tom S