On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, \Dr. Pedro P. Rodriguez wrote:
> Not to worry. The bees will clean out the mold as soon as the colony
> gets strong enough and be in need of the combs.  However, it means that
> the bees will waste harvest time in clean up.  Which would you rather
> have?  It might be to your advantage to provide new foundation and take
> advantage of the revenue differential.
 
        Yes, the bes will clean it up. I gave a brrod box full of mouldy
frames to teh bees this spring adn they cleaned it up nicely. As for the
suggestion of giving new foundation instead of cleaning the old stuff. I'm
not sure if giving foundation is a good idea. I'd rather have to clean up
a house than to build one before I moved in. But your milage may vary.
        BTW, they will also clean up wax worm damage. I had some wax worms
that had started to tunnel thru the frame. They got rid of the worms and
fixed up the damage rather quickly.
 
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