Pierico plastic frames?

[swabby]

I have a new box of these I plan on using this spring and summer. Today while cleaning my porch off I see mice has gotten into the box.

Would I be better off storing them vertical in the hive bodies in the barn? They are already prewaxed. :scratch:

[Durandal]

I have a new box of these I plan on using this spring and summer. Today while cleaning my porch off I see mice has gotten into the box.

Would I be better off storing them vertical in the hive bodies in the barn? They are already prewaxed. :scratch:

The mice can chew through plastic but I would wager if you were storing them on your porch they were using the box as insulation.

I got 300 of the frames and some of their foundation as well and have stored them ready to use in deeps. I place a lid on the top and bottom to act as a simple barrier to dust and the like. You could probably do the same.

[swabby]

Thanks you your post. Do you have to worry about wax moths getting into them in the winter?
I suppose if I do as you say I would have a lot of stacks that I would have to put menthol cyristals in each stack???? :scratch:

[Durandal]

I have 4 stacks of 10 boxes each, enough for twenty 2 deep hives for next year. They are not drawn out, so I doubt Wax moths are going to be an issue.

Plus around me, it may have been 44F today but a couple days ago it was 14F. :D

No different than storing 'em in a freezer.

[swabby]

Thanks Richard for the info . I visted your web site as my wife is originally from southeastern Ohio. I am a under graduate from Rio Grande College, Rio Grande ,Ohio. I see you are down river at Cincinnati . What tpye bees are you using?
regards: Jim

[Durandal]

MUTS.

Survivors, swarms, and some nucs from Ohio Homestead Apiary up in Lancaster, OH.

Call it a mix of Italian, Carni, and Russian. I was up to 12 colonies total between an accidental queen mashing here or there, not liking what I was seeing and reducing, I am down to six colonies all nice and healthy, with small or no mite loads.

Our temps have been colder on average, but we have had warm weather spikes here and there allowing them to remain fairly active. Each hive at about 102 pounds of weight (stores and bees). I have placed about 3# of sugar on the top of each brood box as per the Mountaincamp method and it seems to be working like a charm.

The colonies that survive are getting split. Going to try both early and late season splits this year, and experiment with raising queens from swarm and supercedure cells. My goal for this time next year is 35 healthy hives.

How 'bout you?

[Grant]

They are already prewaxed. :scratch:

HA HA! That's a good one. I've found excellent results when additional wax is added. In fact, unless wax is added, the results have been quite poor.

Grant
Jackson, MO

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