24-05-2004, 11:23 PM
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OT honey bees in roof
(Nick Maclaren) wrote in
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In article . 10,
Victoria Clare writes (about dead hives):
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| We just left it in the 15 years later, still no problems. If it
| was inside a wall next to plasterboard or something I imagine it
| would be more problematic though.
We had no problem, either. The honey and (still more) wax will
NOT decay into a semi-fluid mess unless there are ALSO damp
problems. If kept reasonably dry, both will keep indefinitely
(though they will crystallise and oxidise somewhat).
Well, that house did have damp problems, and the chimney wasn't closed at
the top either - but still no signs of runny honey goo.
(It was Victorian - stone, yes, well-built, no. I have never been so
*cold* inside a house. Brrrrr. If I were a bee, I'd have gone somewhere
warmer!)
Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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