Hello,

Chuck Norton mentioned storing supers criss crossed in an open shed.  I
store my supers dry in a shed.  Wax moth has never really except the
early varroa years.  Harvesting early the temperature was still to warm
and wax moth showed up in the first supers that were extracted.  Now
that the varroa treatment I use goes on after Sept 1 I don't have to
pull too early.  Any that do come off before Sept. 1 go back on the
colony.  My biggest problem is mice.  The shed is not mouse proof and I
more than once I have found nests between the frames come Spring.  I
stack them tight with excluders on top and bottom.  I have already had
them chew right through the super.  I trap what I can, and there are
some farm cats that frequent the area.  This past summer I was taking
cleaned supers off the colonies and stacking them.  It started to rain
so I covered them and left them alone for a few days.  As I was loading
the stack on the trailer three mice jumped out.  These are clean supers
with no residual brood as I use excluders.  I can't imagine what would
happen if I put them away wet.

Ron

Ron Bogansky
Kutztown, (eastern) PA, USA

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