>My operation is beside a river and as a result of the the higher humidity, I stack my full honey supers in my extracting room with a dehumidifier for 7 days. Temperature 35-40C(95-105F), humidity 35-45%. We are told that if the humidity is below 50% then the SHB eggs cannot hatch and can desiccate. At 45% you would need to be very careful as some areas in the supers could be over 50%. Your temperature is certainly ideal for SHB particularly if some come back in the supers. Here in Australia the changes made were to either extract the honey within 48 hours of arriving back in the shed or put the supers into a cold room. These are often run at around 5 degrees centigrade. Obviously before extracting the supers need to be warmed. We have heard the stories of supers stacked in a room with honey in them and then the "mobile rice" starts moving across the floor towards the door. >I do not filter or strain my extracted honey, but run it from the extractor directly into my tank, wax and all, to settle for an additional 7 days, then bottle directly from the tank. Be aware that SHB will lay eggs and you can have resultant larvae in the wax that settles on the top of the honey. If it is sealed then there should be no problems. Trevor Weatherhead Australia *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html