pargyle

I agree ... indeed, I agreed at Post#4 !! I can't see any point in just letting them dwindle away.

back to the OP so one would feel pretty confident in assuming there was no brood. Personally, I wouldn't waste time faffing around with...

more unneccesary plastic waste, if you are storing supers over winter, store them wet, stacked up with a top and bottom board cinched up...

Nice bike ....what sort of range do you get from the battery with a trailer attached ?

We don't know ... all we have is the original post - but it makes no difference if there is or isn't any brood in there .. if the doom...

No ... it was 18 degrees here in the sun today, I was adding empty brood frames to hives today to get them drawn whilst I am feeding...

It's not necessary to pallet wrap ... what you need to do is treat them for wax moth (sulphur burn/Dipel) before you store them then...

Washing quinces, then put them dry on cooking paper in backing plate - in the oven. Temperature first at 200C then later reduce to 180C...

Goodness ... you are all so pessimistic ... bees can dwindle without any disease being involved - yes, be aware of it but it's not every...

If they were sick I would agree with you but it sounds from the OP that they have been queenless and not treated for varroa early enough...

So ... you leave them to dwindle ? The odds are that, if they are truly queenless, they will drift to the other strong hive or worse...

Amazing what they can put up with ! Good job Steve..

But ... with no brood in the box a blast with OA will be 97% effective, perhaps 2 blasts and check the forced drop on the board - why...

Those tins look like the ones I get air rifle pellets in - also useful to keep a crown-of-thorns/Baldock cage in.