ONly in the last two years have I had to deal with waxmoths.

I have a relatively strong hive that has apparently decided to just live
with some wax moths.  I removed the queen excluder on Sunday and lo and
behold there were wax worms right on top of the excluder.  This is my 2nd
strongest hive (of 4) so I was surprised that they hadn't ejected them.  I
removed a frame and scraped of the webs I saw - but, is this usual?

What is the life-cycle of these moths?  Is it possible I have some living
in my house?  I bring my honey supers into the house for the winter and
for two years now I get a minor infestation  just before time for
supering.  Have I just been lucky up to now or are they hiding in my house
somewhere?

TIA

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