saving supers for next year

[rdrclshad]

   Long story short I have 5 medium supers with 10 frames each with no comb drawn that my girls did not use this year what is the best way to save them so that I can use them for honey supers next spring. (edit because I can't spell)

[AllenF]

Put them in your basement, shop, garage, shed, barn, attic, anywhere inside if you have foundation in the frames, or outside in the dry if there is no foundation in the frames.  Don't leave them on the hives because it will give the beetles somewhere to hide.  I keep my supers in an old deep freezer and a store front glass door cooler.  Just close them up to keep mice out. 

[gardeningfireman]

Wax moths are a problem for me. I had some supers in my garage and the darn things ruined a bunch of drawn frames. What is the best way to store them? Can I just wrap them in newspaper or will the moths chew through that? If I put them in trash bags, and they are even a little bit damp, won't they get moldy?

[hardwood]

BT

Scott

[AllenF]

Spray them with bt.   Or store them with paramoth on the top of them.  Or after they come out of the freezer, let them warm and dry, then bag them in a trash bag.   Or leave them in the freezer all winter.  That would  all keep the moths away if you have drawn out comb in the frames.

[fish_stix]

If they only have foundation you can store them anywhere; nice cool corner of your garage or shed will work. Wax moths are not attracted to foundation as there's no food there.

[rdrclshad]

Great since these are not drawn out at all it looks like I can just store them anywhere clean. Thanks for all the replies

[jsmob]

There is a stand that a naturalist Beekeeper named Serge Labesque came up with that I have been using
in my yard. It is made out of cinder block, 2x4's, pipe, and corrugated tin for a roof.
I have set this up in my yard and placed my supers with draw frames on it. Because of the supers being exposed to the open air and light the moths don't destroy them. I have done this for the last 3Yrs and have had no problems with moth :-D

[AllenF]

Can you post some pics of your stands?

[Hemlock]

Try freezing your frames until spring.