Acceptance by Honey Bees of Wax Decontaminated through an Extraction Process with Methanol

Honey bees face serious threats. These include the presence of Varroa destructor mite in hives, which requires use acaricides to control. The constant recycling old wax exacerbates problem, and results accumulation residues beeswax, is a problem for viability colony. same happens with phytosanitary residues. In previous study, we implemented an efficient decontamination method using batch methanol extraction method. present study evaluates acceptance decontaminated by comb building, brood, honey pollen containment. show slight delay start building small changes were observed pharmacopoeia compared original commercial wax. could be due loss some components, such as residues, usually appear addition bee-attractive substances manufacturing process help mitigate delay. suggest that good alternative reduce concentration hives.