Oh no, wax moths are a nightmare! That's what got my hives in the end and I haven't had bees again since. I got a bad batch of package bees in the mail when I started a second hive (they came with varroa) and it was downhill from there. Beekeeping can be so tricky starting off. I hope you have better luck going forward!
Yeah, of the 4 package bees via USPS, about half the bees were dead. Of the remainders, 2 hives absconded, 2 died en masse over night. No more package bees. But he really needed that queen ... He's persevering. He's managed to exclude the beetles w/traps, but there seems no way to fix the occasional wax moth invasion.
Oh no, wax moths are a nightmare! That's what got my hives in the end and I haven't had bees again since. I got a bad batch of package bees in the mail when I started a second hive (they came with varroa) and it was downhill from there. Beekeeping can be so tricky starting off. I hope you have better luck going forward!
Yeah, of the 4 package bees via USPS, about half the bees were dead. Of the remainders, 2 hives absconded, 2 died en masse over night. No more package bees. But he really needed that queen ... He's persevering. He's managed to exclude the beetles w/traps, but there seems no way to fix the occasional wax moth invasion.