[Stella]

I have a hive that swarmed. There are 2 full supers on it. My new extractor won't arrive until a week from today. Can I pull the supers now, store them in my kitchen and extract them in a week when I pull the other hives supers? My concern is the hive will get robbed because of the low population. I have the entrance reduced to two bee width. Thanks!

 

[Stella]

Trash bag was my thought as well. I could set them on my hot sunny deck prior to extraction to warm them up?

 

[Stella]

Thanks. I've never had an issue with shb. Once I put a super from a hive that was getting too tall on a smaller hive for safe keeping. Safe guard it they did!, they ate it all up. Grrr.

 

[Stella]

No worries. My extractor arrived Thursday and the frames survived the week of storage in the bag. Spun them out on Friday. No slime. No moths. But a lot of good info here so thank you.

 

[Stella]

Good deal. Generally, SHB do not survive well in our winters, but can hitchhike a ride in hives and packages from the South.

All is well that ends well.

Crazy Roland

I never thought about hitch hikers Roland. 3 of my hives are CA spring packages so very possible. I continue to learn.