Steven A. Creasy wrote:
 
> 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.
 
Agree!  I have always had perfect waxmoth control without chemicals in
honey supers if they had never had brood in them.  That is why I
*always* use queen excluders between the brood chamber and honey
supers.  Of course, occasionally a poorly made excluder lets a queen
through, and then there are problems immediately (honey extracting
around brood patches) and in the long run (wax moths in stored supers).
 
Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA