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General Q&A, Bee chat and only Bee chat please
 #11212  by Steve 1972
 15 Jun 2021, 18:39
How long can wet super frames be stored in boxes..the reason i ask is through the bad start to the year i have a stack that i will probably not use..
 #11214  by MickBBKA
 16 Jun 2021, 00:04
If drawn they are probably ok indeffinately. I have found that heather frames I scraped back to the foundation turned rusty on the wires exposed to air and had to be changed.
 #11220  by AdamD
 16 Jun 2021, 09:40
I store mine dry, however ffrom what I have read, they seem to be fine when stored wet.
As a thought, you might like to put them on a colony at the end of July or in August, say, over an open feed hole. If there is anything of interest, I guess the bees take it down to the colony as they prepare for winter. After a couple of weeks, the supers could be taken off again.
 #11248  by Steve 1972
 17 Jun 2021, 16:40
Spike wrote:
17 Jun 2021, 11:47
Deffo, Cardboard between boxes helps minimise the damage.
I use scaffolding monoflex between stored boxes and the only thing that could get through that is mice.. ;)