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Perhaps not the way everybody does it, but when I pull individual frames out of boxes, I like to put them into a sealed tote each time, to keep the bees out, and prevent any varmits from getting in after I bring them in the house. So, they sometimes sit in the house for a few days before I put them in the freezer for a week or so, then I take them out for a few days to unthaw, and then I decap them and go the the extractor. So, there is an additional chance for rodent or ant intrusion either before or after freezing.
Trying to put a tote into the freezer isn't so easy, and I don't like the mess of bagging individual frames first. Are there any commercially available (ideally clear) food-grade type bins that I can fit frames into neatly (mine are all mediums), so I can minimize space in the freezer? Currently I put some wood rests screwed to the sides of a tote, but it's not ideal. Surely somebody has a better idea?
The freezer step is probably overkill I know, but I have always wanted to make sure there is no risk of hive beetle or wax moth invasion into my crop of honey. With the freezing step, there are no worries.
Trying to put a tote into the freezer isn't so easy, and I don't like the mess of bagging individual frames first. Are there any commercially available (ideally clear) food-grade type bins that I can fit frames into neatly (mine are all mediums), so I can minimize space in the freezer? Currently I put some wood rests screwed to the sides of a tote, but it's not ideal. Surely somebody has a better idea?
The freezer step is probably overkill I know, but I have always wanted to make sure there is no risk of hive beetle or wax moth invasion into my crop of honey. With the freezing step, there are no worries.