>>>>     ... make the point that gradual temperature drop doesn't kill wax moth larvae

I can't speak for Tim, but in my experience, one wax moth larva by 
itself is likely a goner, winter or summer.

They hatch and work together and a nest can withstand minus forty as 
described, but break up the nest and the individuals soon die.

In that way, they are not unlike bees, that form a cluster and create a 
climate to survive the coldest weather, except we see individual bees 
out working in temperatures in the upper forties as long as they have 
sun to warm them.  We won't see individual wax moth larvae out in that 
weather. Bees are more robust.

Wax moth larvae require specific temperatures and humidity levels to 
thrive and achieve that by forming clusters when it is cold.

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