Best treatment for wax moths in stored supers and hive bodies with drawn comb?
I have a deep freezer and I'm cycling my combs left over from last year through the freezer but there are wax moths in my garage flying around and they are getting in my supers and hive bodies. Is there a treatment XenTari DF Biological Insecticide that will work for me to spray on the combs? I've been searching online trying to find the best spray, but I'm confused and there are conflicting options. There are even moth balls or moth crystals for sale that say they will do the job. Help!
Posted Jul 11, 2019, 2:20 AM UTC
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When I took my classes, they mentioned the moth crystals. Store your drawn frame with the crystals. Make sure you air them out before you put them to use again. I haven't tried it personally. But that's what I was taught.
Moth crystals (or mothballs) work, just make sure to get the ones that use paradichlorobenzene as the active ingredient. Depending on your storage situation, if you can place your unused supers/hive bodies in such a way that sun can shine down between the frames that will help keep wax moths away, they don't like sunlight