We are going to shook swarm two colonies, both Langs, into new hives in a couple of weeks, and have been thinking of the best thing to do with the old brood frames which contain a fair amount of stores.
These two colonies came to us late winter, underfed and full of varroa. Apistan will have been in each hive for six weeks this coming weekend, successfully dropping about 18 per day at the worst count, which has now tailed off to one or two in a week.
We can't safely eat any of the honey, so we are planning to freeze the frames for 24 hours and then give them back to the bees, in an eke sandwiched between two crown boards, instead of offering sugar solution.
What can go wrong with this plan?
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