Lloyd Spear wrote:

> I just can't imagine 'feral' bees having an instinct in this regard
> that our 'domesticated' bees do not have.  And once bees get into a
> climate as far north as Upstate New York, let alone Vermont, Maine,
> Canada, etc. wax moths are not really a problem so 3-5 year recycling
> principally by exposure to these guys is unlikely.

Wax moths are alive and well in Maine. So they could be naturally
recycled even up here. Also, feral bees may not survive in one location
as long as we think. It is just that the location is re-colonized and we
think it is continuous. I have seen that in a couple of places where the
landowner said that the bees had been there "forever".

I never saw wax moths in my equipment, but have seen them in others. I
store all my supers in an unheated barn.

Tony Jadczak brings frames of diseased combs found in Maine colonies to
various State chapter meetings and one is wax moth.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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