Threats and pests

Leave a super of drawn comb in the garage and wax moths will reduce it to silk tunnels and frass in weeks. The larvae eat beeswax, cocoons, and pollen.

From oil traps to Beetle Blasters to Freeman traps. The small hive beetle arrived in 1998 and beekeepers have been improvising containment ever since.

Vespa velutina appeared in Savannah in August 2023 - the first confirmed US detection. It's already across Europe. The question is whether containment works.