How to keep Susz of wax moth – fighting and prevention
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How to keep Susz of wax moth
How to keep Susz (cell) of wax moth: methods of control.
Many readers never faced this term, as Susz – only professional beekeepers know, so called gold reserves of any apiary – spare cells.
Very hard to keep them from damage by rodents, especially to get rid of Wax moth – brain and dangerous enemy bee swarm.
Mice destroy may quickly and efficiently, but on the other scourge had to fight long and methodically.
In this article, we describe all effective methods to destroy the larvae of moths, you need to know about their invasion of the apiary and how to maintain reserves framework.
Brief pest
Years moth considered a major scourge in the apiary: it is actively larvae ate cells, as moth lays its eggs in the hive, seed and moved on beyond, gets into cells, confusing strong silk thread entry.
Because bees adults could actively deal with them, and the younger, immature generation dies, entangled in spaced grids.
But recent research scientists and surveillance of experienced beekeepers show, that adult insects lay eggs mainly on old combs, who left the bee family.
waxes miles quickly multiply, its lifetime low – Only 26 days, but at this time a female lays over 2 thousands of eggs.
The larva develops over 30 days, eating during this time around 0,4 g wax – As if little, but multiplying the number of pending eggs, get a significant amount 0,8 kg.
In the framework of bees lay about 140 g wax, divided 800 d of 140, get disappointing verdict – Only one seed moth can destroy about a month 6 frame with honeycombs.
And what harm bring apiary just ten adult insects – easy to imagine.
Therefore, the fight against wax moth should be conducted systematically and universally throughout the beekeeping sector.
How to determine infection
Moth larvae eat away the comb moves, enveloping their sticky webs, therefore offspring not able to leave the cell.
Adult insects vyhryzayut wax, to release the seed from captivity, but young legs and wings entangled in the sticky substance, so they die.
If the hive is dead young bees, then, larvae began their work, and need effective protection.
The main factors are the following infection:
- Active work bees significantly decreased.
- They sit on the edge of the cell, but not fly collecting nectar.
- At the bottom of the structure appear small larvae.
- There was litter moth.
- Insects had moved, entangled webs.
- Removing the cover web can be found between the honeycombs, where larvae are active.
The causes of infection may serve as such factors:
- Family bees weakened and not able to defend the hive.
- Increased humidity inside the house.
- High humidity in the area, which placed apiary.
- Roy left without a uterus, so many cerago, because the insects do cleaning.
- Dirty cells, and it is very like pests.
- High temperature inside winterers.
- The accumulation of dead bees in the compartments.
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Experienced beekeepers are constantly monitoring the cleanliness inside houses for bees, understanding, thus, You can save the industrious insects from their enemies.
Ways to fight
Emergency rescue
Each hive requires constant cleaning, if it found larvae, that similar measures should be carried out twice a day.
If after a few days will continue to expel bee larvae, it means, that seriously infected hive pest.
How to keep cells from moth
We must not impose a beehive of honeycombs, thoroughly clean the insides of the house and remove affected areas.
In extreme cases a spare set house, which moved the whole family: this box set with pure honey, carefully transferred to the uterus – the whole family gradually moved after.
In the old hive held disinfection, It must be remembered, that against wax moths using drugs without chemical poisons or natural origin.
The effective impact of smoke or burning open fire, t. as at high temperature pest larvae and eggs are killed.
If the lesion hundred small, then harvested cells, leaving only a small amount of, and all compartments are carefully cleaned.
With this aid to effective, strong family is able to cope with the invasion of pests on their own.
To new moth could not fly inside and put a new batch of eggs, top place just frustrated wormwood, help and tansy, but no more 500 g.
These herbs deter pests of bees house.
Chemicals against pests
In the distribution network are different drugs, but professionals prefer the "Stop moth" – This is an effective means to kill moths.
Paper plates, impregnated tool, packed in sealed packages in foil 10 pieces in each.
Tool was specifically designed for efficient processing in sotoshovyschah, and to fight larvae Wax moth and adult moth in hives.
Dimensions of standard plates – 150h50h2,5 mm, a short strip of processing 5-6 frame with honeycombs.
Methods of treatment is quite simple: strip carefully removed from the package, to make 4 holes in the sides, the diameter of each of at least 1 cm.
In the sealed bag with a polyethylene film set cells, top strip and attached tightly sealed container.
Prepared by this method cells are in store, where they are not smaller 45 days.
Then, cells are removed and used without restriction in spring.
If all recommendations are executed correctly, then there is no side effects, No contraindications for use, but the treatment is carried out only after the removal of bees from the honeycomb frame, t. as a means no selective effect and destroy all insects indiscriminately.
Physical removal
Many beekeepers cells treated with smoke, so they physically destroy larvae and eggs.
Some beekeepers cells oshparyuyut boiling water with a strong infection, but this method leads to damage cerago – it unusable.
If the process cell hot air temperature 40 degrees for 2 hours, then all offspring will be destroyed pests.
The whole house insects processed by a blowtorch before and after winter hibernation, experience shows, that this prevention helps eliminate pest.
And they perish in the cold, so infected hives can be left with the lid open for several hours, and then put them in the room, where the storage until spring.
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Mechanical fighting moth
Frames should repair, prevention and treatment carried out before and after repair.
all fund, securely processed by special means against pests, should be kept in a separate room.
Producing an audit finding summer and unworthy equipment, which already can not be restored, it is best to burn.
Excessive frugality does not benefit the entire apiary, were cases, because when it was infected hundreds of stock, which led eventually to substantial losses.
Traditional methods to combat
Our ancestors knew many ways apiary deliverance from wax moth, they are quite simple, Like all popular drugs, but have distinctive traditions, not tested by centuries, and thousands.
Exposure to high and low temperatures
Ancient beekeepers are advised to keep them within, placing them at a distance, in this case, not a moth flies into.
Today, beekeepers keep bee houses attics, where there is constant ventilation, in the cold temperature does not drop below +10 C, moth dies, bees and safely sleep.
Keep cells can be in a special box with a tight lid, roblyayut with formalin disinfection tablets – 50 d of 1 cube. volume meter.
Pollinate cells before storage and ektobakterinom, it is not harmful to humans and bees, but kills moth and its offspring.
Salt
To wax moth could lay eggs on the comb during storage, after downloading them honey treat brine from both sides using the sprayer.
After evaporation frames covered with dry salt coating, so before laying their storage need to shake – excess salt crumbling.
In the spring before the framework set in beehives, sprinkle them with water – not need to give the bees salted water.
Only need to use wire chrome or stainless wire, to it during long-term storage of salt not proirzhaviv.
This method can save Susz from pests, an hour before treating 1 thousands framework.
vinegar
Pairs perfectly spend vinegar disinfection of pests and pathogens, are dangerous to bees.
Before conservation hive to spring to the bottom set small container and pour it 50-100 ml acetic acid, house and cover the top with polyethylene, that it is not quickly evaporate.
You can use plain 9% vinegar, but more.
What kept separately Susz can also throw the same composition, no harm to bees – pair quickly evaporate.
Such a framework should spring air, before putting the hive.
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Sulfur
Today, many beekeepers do not use the smoke from the burning of sulfur strips, and use more secure version – condensed sulfur anhydride, sold in aerosol cans.
Because it is pumped tube and leave the store until spring. The dose depends on the size of the room and the number of saved hundreds.
Immortelle
To prevent moths lay eggs in cellular framework, rather spread above and below dried leaves thick immortelle.
Then you seal the hive and put in a dry cool place for long term storage.
Sometimes use bay leaves, that effectively deters pests of stored cellular framework.
tobacco
Effective means of wax moth is considered flowering tobacco – it is cut at the very root, and fresh leaves are laid between honeycombs, from one bush it is enough for three beehives.
Bees actively populated, but the moth flies them by, because cells remain intact pest.
extermination
Periodically, the apiary should carry out such measures, to fully protect the colonies from pests.
Wood and metal surfaces treated twice with an interval of at least an hour a solution 10% hydrogen peroxide + murashina acid 0,5 l / quarter. m, working robes, towels, Facial nets should be boiled for half an hour.
rejected cells – peretopyty in wax, and use it only for technical purposes.
prevention
Losses from the apiary significant moth, so should take measures in advance.
To save Susz invasion of wax moth, should strictly implement the following recommendations:
- Dilute only healthy family: strong bees themselves can defend themselves against pests. Health hive constantly checking and rounding butterflies, vydvoryayuchy them outside the house. They find larvae, eat them, pupae and sealed within the WTO.
- Pasichnyk not only collects the products of bees, but also cleans their houses, constantly checks cells in terms of the emergence of the larvae and kills them.
- Repairs must always houses, Particular attention is paid to the density of the upper closure caps.
- Bees should be free to enter into any corner of your house, to combat moth.
- WordHex require constant updates: varies throughout the year around 35% cellular sector.
- An effective method of dealing with larvae – prokopaty evidence between the groove and fill them with water, t. as seed moth night may travel long distances along the ground, crawling to the pristine houses, when the industrious insects rest.
- Wax for storage Keep in tightly sealed containers.
The collected wax must take back soon for further processing or sale of apiary, Susz and should be stored in a cool place and provide continuous ventilation.
Conclusions
Breeding bees – troublesome occupation, but useful in all respects.
The benefits of honey not only written article, but also scientific treatises.
Protect apiary invasion of pests can, fulfilling all the above recommendations, and many beekeepers simultaneously engaged in breeding of larvae for further use for medicinal purposes.
