Frame Glue

[BeeMaster2]

Do frames have to be made of wood ? ?

My husband just put some plastic ones in his supers. It's our first year and he's just trying both.

The plastic ones work great except for one major flaw. They are made with slots in the sides to reduce the amount of plastic and weight. Problem is if you have Small Hive Beetles, SHB, they love them. The plastic frames give them lots and lots of hiding spaces and they thrive in your hive because if they have a place to hide and they can stay in there because they can trick the bees into feeding them.
Jim

I got some frames for free and filled the slots with hot melt glue.
Not sure if it was a waste of time though

We thought about filling the slots with beeswax.

Do frames have to be made of wood ? ?

My husband just put some plastic ones in his supers. It's our first year and he's just trying both.

The plastic ones work great except for one major flaw. They are made with slots in the sides to reduce the amount of plastic and weight. Problem is if you have Small Hive Beetles, SHB, they love them. The plastic frames give them lots and lots of hiding spaces and they thrive in your hive because if they have a place to hide and they can stay in there because they can trick the bees into feeding them.
Jim

I got some frames for free and filled the slots with hot melt glue.
Not sure if it was a waste of time though

Do frames have to be made of wood ? ?

My husband just put some plastic ones in his supers. It's our first year and he's just trying both.

The plastic ones work great except for one major flaw. They are made with slots in the sides to reduce the amount of plastic and weight. Problem is if you have Small Hive Beetles, SHB, they love them. The plastic frames give them lots and lots of hiding spaces and they thrive in your hive because if they have a place to hide and they can stay in there because they can trick the bees into feeding them.
Jim

I got some frames for free and filled the slots with hot melt glue.
Not sure if it was a waste of time though

Do frames have to be made of wood ? ?

My husband just put some plastic ones in his supers. It's our first year and he's just trying both.

The plastic ones work great except for one major flaw. They are made with slots in the sides to reduce the amount of plastic and weight. Problem is if you have Small Hive Beetles, SHB, they love them. The plastic frames give them lots and lots of hiding spaces and they thrive in your hive because if they have a place to hide and they can stay in there because they can trick the bees into feeding them.
Jim

I got some frames for free and filled the slots with hot melt glue.
Not sure if it was a waste of time though

They will probably work just fine now.
If the bees do not build wax on them just take a block of wax, rub it in a heated pan from rma few seconds and wipe it across the foundation. Do this on both sides of the frames.
Jim