On Tue 28 Oct, Rett Thorpe wrote:
> > I am keeping my empty supers in an open carport
> > here in Colorado.
> > Is the nightly freezing enough to keep the wax
> > moths and larva from
> > getting started..
> >
> >
>         As long as this question has been asked. I'd like to tack my
> question on as well.  I also stored my supers in a shed (Not open, but
> not moth proof either) I am in Utah and will also have a nightly freeze
> during winter months.  I put each super in a plastic garbage bag.  Will
> this inability to breathe create any problems?
>
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Add to this discussion.
I store my supers in a shed in plastic bags. Also add a sheet of kitchen
adsorbent paper. Give it a "slosh" of 80% Acetic acid. This kills wax moth
and nosema. The smell is gone by the spring and the wax moth can not enter
the bags.
 
 Stewart
Cumbria, UK. (an old Gable-Endie)
......on an Acorn risc computer.....outside Bill Gates Empire.....