Steven,
 
I had all all my 20 supers above Queen excluders on 4 hives last season,
extracted the honey at the end of the season and put them back on clean up
prior to storing them in my small honey house/workshop.  Only noticed a few
small single wax moth trails through two combs this spring.  Perhaps the
waxmoth population has diminished because the supply of feral honeybee
colonies has diminished.
 
BTW I began using plastic foundation last season with good success.
 
Paul Cronshaw DC
Cyberchiro and Hobby Beekeeper
 
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 prDate:    Thu, 3 Apr 1997 21:24:49 EST
From:    "Steven A. Creasy" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Waxmoth in Honey Supers
 
Hello All!
 
Do you agree or disagree with the following:
 
Waxmoth larva generally eat organic matter like the cocoons left in the
cells of brood comb.  If honey supers are separated from brood boxes by a
queen excluder 100% of the time, and no brood is ever raised in them, the
chance of getting waxmoth in them is nil since there is nothing in them
of  value to eat.
 
I shared this view at a local meeting and several of the older beekeepers
disagreed.  They said that waxmoth will eat *any* comb that does not have
para crystals on it.  I use all deep supers for brood and all shallow
supers for honey.  I *always* use a queen excluder, and extract my honey.
 Have I been misinformed?  Feedback appreciated!
 
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