I'd be afraid they'd get mold or moths or some other nightmare. I have only stored them in the back up freezer. Creates a mess in front when all the propolis falls off when you pull them out--then it sticks to your shoes and the floor...
My suggestion would be to look in the for sale adds available to you and try to find a low cost freezer of suitable size, after your winter is over just unplug it till needed again. This will cost a little bit but should be good for many years of use.
Since you already have the extra fridge/freezer then place them in the fridge and give each frame a pass through the freezer for 24 hours and place it back in the fridge for winter storage, I would think this would work fine.
We give them 24 hours in the freezer then store them in supers in the barn. Supers are on cement and covered to keep out bees, beetles, etc. Also add a few mouse traps around.Cold in our area so haven't had any issues - yet. That said, we keep a fair bit of honey on the hives overwinter and normally Have a surplus in the spring which makes for easy splits - I.e. 2 deeps is normal overwinter and last spring our hives still had 3_5 frames of honey left.
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