Randy:

> The fact that there were bees in Britain that allowed wax moth to exist on
> the combs is amazing to me--hasn't wax moth been present in Britain for a
> great long time?

Yes it has.  We have both greater and lesser, although in my area the 
greater predominates.  In the summer any unattended brood comb will be 
completely ruined in a week or two.
We have very little problem with supers unless they have some stored pollen 
in them, probably because we do not use them for the brood nest.
Best wishes

Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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