The greater and the lesser wax moths occur anywhere in the world that you find bees and honeycomb. Bees in a strong, healthy hive will patrol and remove the wax moth larvae as they find them.

This new study of the wax moth Galleria mellonella, an insect that inhabits bee hives and other places, changes that. The discovery was something of a happy accident, Howe said: Lead author ...

A study published in Frontiers in Bee Science has shown ... came from the nearby hives of domestic honeybees. "Here we show that infestation with bumblebee wax moths is much greater in bumblebee ...

Like moths to a hive Bumblebee wax moths, native in Eurasia and North ... and counted open and closed brood cells as well as recently eclosed bees. The experiment ran from spring until early ...

What had taken the place of bees in the overly roomy hives were wax moth larvae, each about an inch long, extremely soft, and greasy to the touch. Wax moths will eat through empty frames of wax and ...