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BEEKEEPING TIP: What to do With Old Brood Frames Brood frames can be replaced using a number of different methods, from a Bailey Frame Change, where all wax in the brood chamber is replaced in one go, a 2 Brood box setup, or through partial comb replacement over 2-3 years Super wax and frames should be replaced when needed
Suggested method for freeing up 2 frames - currently with brood A friend caught a swarm in a bait hive and has graciously offered it to us (my dad and me) He'd like the nuc back and the frames eventually So I'm curious how to best free up the frames? The nuc box has 5 medium frames in it currently - 2 of which are older frames with comb
What To Do With Honey Frames From A Dead Hive? Remove frames that contain dead brood or cut out the section that has dead brood and allow the bees to repair the hole Frames that are damaged or falling apart should be discarded and replaced Most frames are good after bees have died, and combs should be considered
What To Do With Extracted Frames - Worldwide Beekeeping Some folks set a stack of them away from their hives and let their bees clean up the frames, but this can set up a robbing frenzy I have just got to the point that I now store my supers wet but bee tight so that the girls are happy to see them in the spring
What to Do with Frames and Supers After Extracting Honey Old honeycombs will attract and be destroyed by wax moths, so what do you do with them? This article will discuss essential steps beekeepers can take to clean, store, and reuse frames and supers after honey extraction
Replacing old frames for new ones - Beekeeping - Flow Forum In a wooden brood box, particularly, the outer frames are have no brood, so you can take a frame away and replace it with your starter strip frame You need to work out old brood frames by gradually moving them towards the side of the box
Excess Old Capped Honey in Frames - what to do? If it is not crystallized yet, then get an extractor and extract it If it is starting to crystallize, then I would either put them back on your current hives (preferably) or open them up to be robbed out by hives in the area
What To Do With Frames After Honey Harvest? If all frames have only honey and no pollen and have never had brood in them, store them If stored with protein sources (pollen or former brood comb), freeze them first to kill them
After Extracting, what to do with the frames? - Beesource Beekeeping Forums If you're lucky, they tell you to leave the frames out for the bees to clean out OK, but then what? I use Pierco frames for my honey supers, and a hand-crank extractor When I'm done uncapping and spinning out, the frames have their comb pretty much intact