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>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
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Tom S