mould on the odd brood frame

[citrus]

I have a national poly on brood and a half

queen is laying but its a bit of a shady spot this and there were about 6 large slugs in residence and one or two brood frames were a bit mouldy at the bottom so replaced them with newer brood frames

The super (acting as brood an a half) is full of solid ivy honey they collected so they have stores so hopefully they will be ok.

A question tho on brood frames that have mould on ...

Can you trim off the mouldy bits and leave it as a half foundationless frame suitable for a bait hive ?

Or should I melt it down or treat it some other way ?

 

[madasafish]

I have a national poly on brood and a half

queen is laying but its a bit of a shady spot this and there were about 6 large slugs in residence and one or two brood frames were a bit mouldy at the bottom so replaced them with newer brood frames

The super (acting as brood an a half) is full of solid ivy honey they collected so they have stores so hopefully they will be ok.

A question tho on brood frames that have mould on ...

Can you trim off the mouldy bits and leave it as a half foundationless frame suitable for a bait hive ?

Or should I melt it down or treat it some other way ?

Bees will remove mould when the weather warms and they use the full depth of combs..

 

[citrus]

Bees will remove mould when the weather warms and they use the full depth of combs..

Thanks for the info ... for now tho I have two musty frames in the bee shed ...just worried they might spread to other good frames ... am I able to store them like this .. or bag them .. or stick them sealed in the chest freezer ?