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Offline Jen

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Re: 20 Frames of Drone Brood and Wax Moth Question
« Reply #80 on: June 11, 2015, 10:59:34 pm »
Cool! Out of curiousity... can you estimate how long it would take a strong hive to clean up a frame like this? I sure want to get these back in the hives, queens are needing bee space  :)
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Re: 20 Frames of Drone Brood and Wax Moth Question
« Reply #81 on: June 12, 2015, 02:03:32 am »
way easier for the bees to clean up and repair those than build new ones.  I would take a capping fork and uncapp all the dead brood.  I have only ever put back single frames of drone brood and it took then about 2 days to get everything cleaned up. 
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Re: 20 Frames of Drone Brood and Wax Moth Question
« Reply #82 on: June 12, 2015, 09:20:01 am »
What pete said.. if you can give each hive a frame or two, give them three or four days and swap in the other frames..  I WOULD insure the wax moth was dead by frreezing them overnight before they go into the hives.   Maybe not necessary but thats what I would do...  Freeze, thaw, install.
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Re: 20 Frames of Drone Brood and Wax Moth Question
« Reply #83 on: June 12, 2015, 10:59:50 am »
I like that idea! was worried about loosing all that nice comb. Thanks guys, into the freezer they go  ;D

UPDATE: And there you have it! 20 plus frames of stinky capped drones and wax moth in the freezer  ;D Sure glad to get that mess out of my shed, AND save all that comb! Thank Scott, Pete, and Ef ... I love this forum  ;D

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