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Sat, 3 Jan 1998 22:44:25 -0500
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I've had lesser wax moth larvae live through the winter here in Vermont.
Or were they still eggs?
 
beeman wrote:
 
> Hi all!! well i have a question,  and NO it's not about organic honey
> (smile) i have always been told that wax worms can't survive cold
> (freezing weather 10-20 deg.) well i was cleaning out some supers and
> hive bodies, when i noticed some wax worms in the wax, how is this
> possible?? here in KY it got very cold, really cold for a couple of
> weeks, how did the wax worms survive????

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