Storing pollen frames

[Curly green finger's]

Hi I've pollen frames which I want to store for winter, and I've no space in the freezer.
Can I have some advice on how else I could store them pls.
Cheers
Mark.

 

[SDM]

Sulphur

 

[Curly green finger's]

Sulphur

Thanks sdm , what about it getting into the pollen in the frames ?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

by the spring, the pollen in the frames won't be of any use anyway, just leave them for the pollen mites to clean up

 

[Curly green finger's]

by the spring, the pollen in the frames won't be of any use anyway, just leave them for the pollen mites to clean up

It would seem a waste , I've a brood box of frames and some of the frames are loaded with pollen .
I don't like wasting things considering how much they've worked to collect it??

 

[drex]

How about distributing them round your other colonies then?

 

[Curly green finger's]

How about distributing them round your other colonies then?

Thanks drex that's a good plan , preference - give them to the nucs .

 

[Swarm]

My nuc had a second box added two weeks ago, six frames of pollen and honey.

 

[Curly green finger's]

My nuc had a second box added two weeks ago, six frames of pollen and honey.

Well Steve I've been round two apiarys and managed to give extra pollen stores to two hives I've still 7 frames so....... The better half has made space for more frames in the freezer , I'm now making bloody jelly tonight
I'm a house bee again!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Well Steve I've been round two apiarys and managed to give extra pollen stores to two hives I've still 7 frames so....... The better half has made space for more frames in the freezer , I'm now making bloody jelly tonight
I'm a house bee again!

You absolutely need a large chest feeder dedicated to beekeeping

 

[Curly green finger's]

You absolutely need a large chest feeder dedicated to beekeeping

Tell me about it Dani I dread to think what I'll need when I've 50+ colonys , a small cold store unit .
And a very big wallet .

 

[Erichalfbee]

Tell me about it Dani I dread to think what I'll need when I've 50+ colonys , a small cold store unit .
And a very big wallet .

Somebody on here once bought a shipping container and fitted that out

 

[Curly green finger's]

I no some one who did something similar but for different reasons surfice to say they got 8 years in prison... I won't elaborate ...
Farmer's trying to diversify.

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[beeno]

Hope you have not robbed a colony that needed it to produce their winter bees. I once had a full brood box of pollen on an Italian colony, who by oxalic in December had eaten it all!

 

[Curly green finger's]

Hope you have not robbed a colony that needed it to produce their winter bees. I once had a full brood box of pollen on an Italian colony, who by oxalic in December had eaten it all!

Nope I've United quite a few colonys this season and then them brood boxes have become supers now I'm left with brood frames of pollen stores , there's good sources of pollen around with gorse flowering all year never in short supply..

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[Murox]

Tell me about it Dani I dread to think what I'll need when I've 50+ colonys , a small cold store unit .
And a very big wallet .

An old catering/industrial huge chest freezer (was over 500ltrs volume) in the garage was what I used in the past. You can get a lot of stuff in that.

 

[Poly Hive]

Not everyone has that sort of space Dani.

Even with a double garage here I am not sure I can squeeze one in or at least not before I sell the tank and pump.

PH

 

[Erichalfbee]

Not everyone has that sort of space Dani.



PH

No they don’t that’s true
I have managed to squeeze a dedicated freezer into my bee room but the room is now a joke!
I have to move things to get to other stuff. I certainly couldn’t get a shipping container in