[Drone On]

Greetings,
I heard mention here that freezing all frames from a dead-out will alleviate the chance of introducing disease to a starter hive. I have frames of honey that my packages to come would appreciate if they are safe to use. Would you?

 

[AmericasBeekeeper]

Freezing does nothing to spores like AFB and Nosema. Not enough is known about CCD but I would not take the chance. The bees and everything that robs hives knows not to touch CCD infected hives.

 

[Axtmann]

You can freeze seal combs with done brood, this will kill the Varroa inside the closed cells. Let the combs warm up and give them back, bees clean the combs and the queen starts again.

ONLY FIRE kills AFB-, EFB-, Nosema spores and viruses.

 

[Beeslave]

It has been found that freezing will kill Nosema C.

 

[bfriendly]

Beeslave can you provide any more info on this please I had heard that freezing may kill some spores but some still survive

Thanks!

 

[rkr]

Freezing them in a deep freeze will also kill out any wax moth eggs/larvae and small hive beetle eggs/larvae.

Not so big a deal right now but a big deal when it is warmer.

RKR

 

[Beeslave]

http://www.scientificbeekeeping.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83

There has been some discussion on Bee-L about this also. Some found they still had problems while others didn't. Maybe it has to do with how cold it got and what extended period of time.