We use this exact same setup in Texas, close to Houston (where we have pretty high humidity). Pretty much a universal solution. One thing I would suggest when you are draining the honey from the extractor into a bucket: 1 use a standard (round) 5 gallon bucket that is "food grade". Second, use a 600 micro filter to catch all of the wax cappings, bee parts, etc. This way you have FAR less "junk" in your bucket of honey. Note that when I go to bottle, I run the honey through the filter again when I pour from the bucket into the bottling bucket.
Also - when I'm done, I drain the wax cappings as much as possible, and then set the cappings out for the bees to clean up. I don't 'process' the wax until they are pretty much dry.
@@CNBarnes I've always done the same thing, but this year I'm trying a few non-robbing strategies to get them cleaned up. I'll let you know if any actually work ....
No hive beetles or wax moths. We do have a wax moth cousin that gets on frames stored inside, but they don't damage the comb because they don't burrow through it. They die in winter, so the worst they do is leave webs on the face of the comb, and eggs, and dried up larvae inside some.
