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John & Christy Horton <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:09:51 -0500
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From: "John & Christy Horton" <[log in to unmask]>

I have said this on an earlier message but i think it is worth repeating:

 I have stored about 700 shallow supers  for 3 years now and havent lost a
 single stored frame to wax moths.
 YOU DO NOT NEED ANY CHEMICALS THIS WAY:

 Store the supers(medium or shallow) in ALTERNATING  fashion as high as you
 want but so they won't tumble over(I do about 15 boxes high max)
 If you have a fair amount of  LIGHT youll probably be ok. I have also
stored
 some deeps this way but I would start out slow with some test cases.
 If you dont believe this, just try a few supers as a test case.
 I make no guarantees ,all I can say is that it has always worked well for
me and
 others.
 I found this way of doing it from Pastor Al Norton here in Alabama. I dont
 know who told him.
 As i said before, i ran this by a beekeeper who has a LARGE operation and
he
 had never heard of this method.
 YOU DO NOT NEED ANY CHEMICALS THIS WAY.
 I will mention that I let the bees clean up my wet supers before storage.
 YOU DO NOT NEED ANY CHEMICALS THIS WAY.

 John Horton

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