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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mummzie" data-source="post: 9526" data-attributes="member: 5">Welcome to the forum [USER=246]@Philip[/USER] .Your description of the hives starting to fail after honey harvest matches the description of a varroa infestation getting ahead of the bees during the autumn period.  Hopefully that is what the problem was, and not AFB or other problems. As hives become weaker, wax moth can overcome the colony.You ask what to do with the frames, but that answer will differ depending on your circumstances.At  this point in the season, I would expect your colonies are as big as they are going to be- so doubtful they would do much more than tidy up the frames / unlikely they would require the space.Could you describe the state of your  2 colonies, and what their make-up will be once you have harvested this year?- so the wise heads can make suggestions on the best course to take with your frames.Getting your colonies thru this next winter by getting on top of Varroa is first priority. Storing drawn frames for next season and keeping them free of wax moth is a different challenge (one I do not have a sure answer for). Freezing may have killed those eggs. Now you have to keep them from being laid on again.</blockquote>

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