steve_e
House Bee
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2010
- Messages
- 251
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- Location
- East Sussex
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 3
How do people do this? Once you've taken the honey out of your supers what is the general sequence?
I've been told it's good to put the supers back on to let the bees clean out the rest of the honey, but have been treating with apiguard since then so haven't wanted to taint the comb. Is it too late to do so now? And is there any risk they will start filling the comb up again?
If not, do you just store the frames inside the supers as is until it's time to put them back on next year? And is it important to store them in any particular type of environment?
I've also heard it can be a good idea to freeze the frames for a couple of days to help get rid of pests such as wax moth. Is this worth doing?
I've been told it's good to put the supers back on to let the bees clean out the rest of the honey, but have been treating with apiguard since then so haven't wanted to taint the comb. Is it too late to do so now? And is there any risk they will start filling the comb up again?
If not, do you just store the frames inside the supers as is until it's time to put them back on next year? And is it important to store them in any particular type of environment?
I've also heard it can be a good idea to freeze the frames for a couple of days to help get rid of pests such as wax moth. Is this worth doing?