Into the Winter

We have had a few mild and sunny days and the bees have been flying whenever it is warm enough, although there are no flowers out. In the winter months the bees go on cleansing flights to empty their bowels whenever there is a mild enough day. There has been activity from all three hives, so far so good, but being still concerned that with the late swarming and the poor nectar flow last year, that none of the colonies have had a chance to build up adequate stores for the winter, I purchased a 12 kilo pack of fondant and put a 2 1/2 kilo slab in each hive on top of the topbars. Hopefully this will see them through the colder weather that is yet to come.
Another concern I have is that on inspection of the hives at the end of the year, I saw some small caterpillar type things on the comb, which may be wax moth larvae.

Wax moth can be quite destructive in bee hives, particularly if the colony is weak. A strong colony can generally deal with them. I have found some lovely videos on Youtube of bees dealing with wax worms

More information on wax worms and dealing with them can be found at Beesource Beekeeping, not that I intend to use any of the chemical treatments discussed there.

A comment on the Youtube video states that wax moths are enemies to bees, but also enemies to varroa, but no further information is given about this. I am very keen to find out more about it though, and will post on here anything I am able to find out. I do feel that Mother nature knows best, and left to their own devices a balance will be found.
Another video by the same person shows bees dealing with varroa