How to Store Wax Frames - Store Wax Frames in Winter - How To Prevent Wax Moth Damage

How to Store Wax Frames - Store Wax Frames in Winter - How To Prevent Wax Moth Damage

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[scottmurray]

This is a fantastic video. 10/10. I've always dry stored and had success with it. I wrap my boxes in black plastic and seal up the ends. I re-use the bags at the tail end of the next season. I noticed that the bees LOVE drawn comb and it really is worth its weight in gold. I'm going to try and experiment with wet storing as I found my bees very reluctant to move up.

[AbejasdelPino]

Good video, as usual. I don't have a freezer big enough to put my frames inside, so I spray them with Bacillus Thuringiensis to prevent wax moth, then I put them inside storage plastic boxes. It works for me.

[angelamitchell]

We store ours wet, stored in supers layered with newspapers and stacked in a shed. We put a board at bottom and a board on top

[rogerwilson]

I store mine dry. I freeze them and then I put them in a plastic wheelie bin. My super frames fit in nicely in stacked rows. I seal the top of the bin with Duct tape and leave them outside over winter. Works great and I can move them around easily.

[mygardenanddinosaurs]

Excellent timing for me. I'm off to the apiary shortly to take off my super frames. I'm a hobby keeper and only have a few so I'll be able to store them wet in the shed. I'm going to put them in totes and tape round the tops. They will get nice and cold over winter in there.

[laightnightknits]

Is there anyone researching/ making 3d printed wax foundation drawn comb?

[sambrian]

Great video. Thanks!

How do you go about giving the wet frames back to the colonies after extraction at the end of the season?

Don’t they start to fill the frames back up with nectar if there is a flow on?

[dkaiyumi]

Great video.
I have a question could you let the dry frames inside the suppers on top of the hives during Winter? I mean you could put some platic with little holes over the brood box to keep the nest warm and they could go up if they want and also reduce the entrance of the hive? Would this be a possible way to keep the wax moth away?

[Downthend]

Would loved to of seen this video in my first few seasons😂 first season I lost all all frames to moths… in my airing cupboard (that one almost cost me my marriage…. ‘‘Twas disgusting though, second season almost cost me marriage as there was no freezer space for food because my frames were in there😂 now I’ve stored them dry in the shed…

[pcelarskisokak]

I prefer dry method, maybe wet frames deter wax moth but they are a magnet for all other animals around. To eliminate wax moth we need to eliminate things like hot dark environment. Here is how I do it. On the open screen bottom board I put boxses with 7-8 nice dry drawn frames in each.On the top box goes queen excluder. So we have some light on the frames and also air flow throu the column of boxes.Things that wax moth do not like.Mission complited. Of course, boxes are in the shed, as much as possible on dry and cold place, not in direct sun. Frames are also protected from mices and other.Air flow is important so the screen bottom board is not on the ground. It must be separated at least 10 inches and opened.Simply and easy.And works.

[markmurphy]

Hi Lawrence, I’m with you mate I store my drawn frames outside wrapped up in hessian sacks in my shed up to now I’ve had no problems, the trouble I’ve had this winter is two big golf ball sized holes in the side of a couple of my hives bloody woodpeckers luckily they only got through the insulation I wrap my hives in, never had this problem before in fact I don’t recall ever seeing woodpeckers in my area I’ll have to keep wit’s about me.

[stephenkelly]

Great video. Wall paper backing is cheap and effective to place in between boxes while in storage.

[davewhite]

Any problems with small HIVE Beatles.

[wonwinit]

My cellars ideal for storing frames as it gets really cold, just have to get rid of the mice that have appeared.
As for wet frames tempting the bees up why not have enough wet ones to put one in each super come spring and the rest dry...

[joshuasherrin]

If sorting wet, would you number your super to go back onto the same hives in the spring or at that point it doesn’t really matter?

[denniss]

can you store them in a deep freezer wet

[arcticbeekeeping]

I put mine in the freezer. Works for now, but this summer I’m getting some more hives and then I won’t have space for all the frames.

[aanadyia]

If you store wet frames indoors, like in a cool basement, will they mold?

[beesandseas]

Have you ever just stored the honey supper frames wet in an ice chest/freezer then let it thaw and put on the hive in the springs?

[uswwt]

Awesome advice for the wet frame method. I had been storing my honey frames dry. I alway use a queen excluder so honey frames are not dark. And I thought wax moth wouldn't target those frames. As you said in the video. I was wrong. Coming out from our mild california winter, the frames have some wax moth activities, similar to the ones shown in the video. I wouldn't mind letting the bees clean them up and reuse them for honey. Although I definitely prefer my honey to be as pure as possible. So I might try the wet frame method next year. Thanks!