Hi Bee Keepers & Friends,
Some things seem to catch the old Editors eye and this story, really a
non-story about the dreaded AFRO-worms has set a new non April Fool's days
record for the number of newspapers running with it. Below you will find
only a fraction of what my News Spiders (super search engines) are
returning with. This is much more then has ever been picked up before even
with killer bees doing their thing on some poor guy on a loud smelly lawn
mower. What's up here? I am not sure, maybe a dearth of news or just some
compulsion to bee the first to print the bee keepers obit. Well it was from
the Ass. Press and they try to get it right.
Well what's the real story? Its really what we don't know, sure a few hives
in Florida have been found with this worm, and sure many thousands of other
Florida hives have been moved from coast to coast this season. But so what
for all we know God sent us this pest from Africa to take care of the
grater wax worm as it takes care of the lesser wax worm who takes care of
the Indian head meal moth which feeds on pollen stored in the bee hive or
any place else. Or maybe the grater wax worm will eat the Afro-worm, I
don't know but I do know its not the end, or even close to it.
The Miss truths about this pest are going to come back to grab us by the
rear ends if we are not quick. First the worms are NOT honey eaters but
like wax worms will take over a weak bee hive in the warmer climes such as
can be found from Florida to Central California. The wax worms in these
areas can cause a super of honey to run out the entrance and make a big
mess, but this is not the norm because most hives that become so weak as
not to be able to defend themselves normally have little surplus honey as
other bees have robbed it or they never have it. This pest is a pollen
feeder same as a wax moth and the same as a wax moth they take in the wax
and out comes little blocks of wax which if they do get in the honey float
like most other junk to the top and can be removed then or in the
filtration process. Don't sound good but that's how it works and always has
since comb honey was replaced by extracted honey and in the days of comb
honey most have forgotten the problem one experienced with wax worms of one
size or another. Early day comb honey wooden shipping containers had glass
windows to see the boxes of honey and to discourage wax moths.
Oh my gosh no chemical controls for the Afro-worm, well who needs them, and
who is going to spend the 10 mill $$ to register something.. NO it won't
happen because the treatments now in use for wax worms or wax moths in
stored bee combs will take care of this new fellow, and your mother in law
if you are not careful. I am sure you are careful. Well this little bugger
pupates in the ground after killing your bees and eating all your
honey>give any wax worm a way to the ground and you would be surprised what
would happen, but so what, if a bee keepers is interested in polluting the
ground water around his hives, killing his bees, then no problem...just use
what is so often recommended for ants and if you use enough to kill any
ants the Afro-worm will be long dead, so will your dog, and the water you
drink my smell bad and have a brown color but we can do it.
What I am saying here is that we should all understand that bees kill and
we should protect ourselves from killer bees but why not wait before
blowing our brains out because some new Afro bug has got a hold in Florida.
I am willing to bet that your hives are in a honey flow that if you go out
side tonight around mid night and shine a light on your hive entrance you
will be amazed if not shocked at what is going in and out of your hives and
many of these creatures would not bee very attractive on our plates.
ttul, the OLd Drone
Everyone is welcome to
do the Honey survey at:
http://beenet.com
or
http://beenet.com/bnews.htm
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