Hi John,

Thanks, we tried stacking deeps but here in Israel, it does not get very
cold and the wax moths feast on our supers.

I used Certan and it was great but hard to find and expensive to use.

I was hoping that Xentari would be a safe alternative.

Regards,

Stephen

Black Bear Honey 
"Made in Israel with love from above" 
www.blackbear.co.il

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From: John & Christy Horton [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 5:36 AM
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Subject: [BEE-L] XenTari BT

>I am interested in learning more about XenTari BT as a way of protecting
> stored frames from wax moths.

Stephen,
I post this on a perennial basis as it seems to still be unknown to some:
I have for several years "cross-stacked" my shallow supers in  rooms that
are fairly well lighted and have  some amount of air flow(natural). I stack
both dark and light comb using this method.
I have a few hundred supers that I stack this way and my loss from wax moths
I estimate to be somewhere around 1%.
I have tried to stack a few medium this way(only have a few),seems to work
but  but I am not as solid here.Don't recommend deeps
I learned this from a couple of beeks here..One with over a hundred hives
has been doing it for some 30 years.
You can do it in an outside unwalled shed. If you can figure out how to keep
rats away-great..otherwise you may need rat poison(which I hate to use and
plan on phasing it out)

I certainly would proceed cautiously if trying this method for the first
time. I like it because no chems except rat poison(which is optional but you
may lose some frames/combs in some conditions)
Best wishes,
John Horton
N Alabama

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