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honey supers and light mildrew

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:04 pm
by p51d
my honey supers after extraction got rained on with the local showers after I extracted and the bees cleaned them. There is light grey (not much) mildew on the wax in the frames. Will this harm the bees? next years honey if I reuse them?

I don't want to mess up my honey so if there is any doubt, I will build new frames for next year.

Note to self: don't let rain get all over honey supers after extraction.

Re: honey supers and light mildrew

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:09 am
by Wally
Place them in the sun and let them dry well. Then use as normal. No problem. The bees will clean them before using.

Re: honey supers and light mildrew

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:30 pm
by p51d
Thanks Wally, I will do this. Boy,it did not take long for mold to grow. As long as it does not affect the honey I will do this.

Re: honey supers and light mildrew

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:58 pm
by Wally
The bees will remove it before storing honey.