using old frames

[dgc1961]

I am getting my package of bees Friday.  The hive I am using is from last year, and some of the frames are full of pollen.  Is it okay to use those?  I don't see any mold, however the frames are almost full of pollen.  The queen won't have room to lay in them.

[JP]

Where were you keeping these frames, in the freezer? The shed?


...JP

[dgc1961]

The frames were kept in the hive in my garage.  I kept them covered so that nothing could get in there, i.e. wax moths.

[dgc1961]

I mean to say on my first post, that I was wanting to use the drawn comb to help out the new package.

[iddee]

Use them, but put the pollen comb near the outside and the empty comb toward center.