Autumn 2007
Dad a Paul went to Flaxton to see the bees there. The two hives remaining were prepared for Winter.
But what a sight met them in the hives with stored frames. Wax moth everywhere!! We really do have aproblem at Flaxton. The boxes were sterilised on site with a blow torch and lots of frames were bagged up in sealed bags to take home to clean and sterilise.
Wax moth cocoons in the frame ends
And in the hive roof
In another hive they had coved the crown board
The stored frames were totally destroyed
One of the surviving hives before cleaning out and after (Not much left)!