How to Kill Bugs on Bee Frames
- 1). Lay paradichlorobenzene crystals at the top of the beehive stack if you notice the death of the queen bee or moth damage in the honey combs, such as moth eggs near the wax combs. Wax moths lay their eggs near wax combs and when they hatch they eat the debris in the combs. The crystals will kill the wax moths and evaporate.
- 2). Treat your colonies with Miticur, a special menthol formation available from your extension agent, if the bees look like they are unable to couple their wings quickly or they appear weak and are crawling toward the hive entrance. This can indicate an infestation of tracheal mites which affect the breathing tubes and suck the blood of young bees.
- 3). Treat the colony with Apistan, a fluvinate formulation if you can detect the infestation of varroa mites. Varroa mites are the size of a pin head and are a copper color. Adult bees suffer because they cling to them and suck their blood.
- 4). Use a heated uncapping knife to scrape away any larvae that are present in the wax combs, and seal any cracks in the hive with duct tape.
- 5). Close the hives and relocate them to areas where the population of insects is low. For example, a lush, green, garden area will be rife with insects. Relocating the bees to a less insect-prone area will be the best way to ensure insects don't interfere with your bees.
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