I have 2+ frames of capped honey in my flow brood box. They are on National Frames which I would like to weed out so I can have all the full sized Langstroths and of course make space for more brood.
On the next inspection my plan was to remove the #1 frame with capped honey and install an empty frame for them to build out.
The intention is to keep the Capped frame for later re feeding eg. coming up to winter.
My question is what is the best way to store it?
Should I store it whole somehow? or
Extract and feed it back as liquid if necessary?
Depends on your amenities… OK, so the main reason to freeze it is to kill off wax moth eggs and larvae in the UK, plus SHB in the US and Oz. Forty-eight hours in the freezer is enough. After that, tightly wrap it in plastic (I am not just talking cling film, you want something REALLY insect-proof, like double plastic bags with heavy duty clips on them) and store at room temperature until needed. The odd thing is, that while honey will often crystallise in the fridge, mostly it does not (unless it is OSR honey) in the freezer - there is physics behind this, I am not making it up . If you have tons of freezer space, by all means leave the frames in the freezer until needed. Get them out about 3 days before putting them back in the hive, so that they have warmed up to ambient temperature.
I use Brabantia bin bags, because they are thick and nice quality. You have to get the frames in the part of the bag which doesn’t have vent holes. For that reason, I don’t use the ties that come with them, I have some nice clips from Lakeland Plastics (UK company), and they work well.
OK, the forum software won’t let me stop with 4 characters… I actually don’t like honey all that much (except for lavender honey) and it tends to wind up the IBS, so I have been know to store what we knew we couldn’t sell. David really doesn’t like it either, but he will eat it with blue cheese and walnuts. There are limits to how much you can eat that way though!
Sell it to pay for the Flow… Plus all the other WRC hive parts I bought last year for double the usual cost for pine. However, my market is small, and there are advertising restrictions here. I know I can sell 40-50lb, plus about 20lb of comb honey. More than that, and I have to consider freezing it. Last year, too much honey wasn’t a problem. The drought was so severe, we barely had enough honey for the colonies - no excess to harvest for sure.
I wouldn’t want a sun hive - no inspections = no fun, because no brainpower needed! Plus they would technically be illegal, because you can’t inspect them and they swarm.
Heidi is special. She puts her skills into communing and building. I like to examine what the bees are doing, and try to work out whether I can do anything to make things work better for them. Her sun hive is beautiful, and her handling of bees is inspirational, but it doesn’t float my boat.
Hi TreeCamper, we often store frames of fully sealed honey in the freezer. It freezes well. When it’s thawed out, it goes back to it’s original state. Unlike refrigeration, in the refrigerator, the honey will crystallize.
What we do is place a plastic shopping bag over one end, then place another shopping bag over the other end so the bags well & truly overlap. Then I wrap masking tape around the middle a few times, reasonably tight to hold it all together.
If you want to cut it before freezing it, we found those oblong Chinese take away containers fantastic for that. That way you can take one out at a time as you consume it. Those lids are a bit loose, so I wrap masking tape around those as well.
When I pulled the National Frame out which was not needed. I decided to do the latter in your post. The comb was cut and put into take away containers some I put back onto the crown board to encourage them up a bit. Will save the cut comb for feeding back to them if necessary.
They are not ready yet to start storing in the super as there is quite a lot of space in the Brood chamber as yet. Its amazing how much extra space needs to be filled when you swap out the Nationals to Langstroth
OK, so the main reason to freeze it is to kill off wax moth eggs and larvae in the UK, plus SHB in the US and Oz. Forty-eight hours in the freezer is enough. After that, tightly wrap it in plastic (I am not just talking cling film, you want something REALLY insect-proof, like double plastic bags with heavy duty clips on them) and store at room temperature until needed. The odd thing is, that while honey will often crystallise in the fridge, mostly it does not (unless it is OSR honey) in the freezer - there is physics behind this, I am not making it up 
. If you have tons of freezer space, by all means leave the frames in the freezer until needed. Get them out about 3 days before putting them back in the hive, so that they have warmed up to ambient temperature.
I actually don’t like honey all that much (except for lavender honey) and it tends to wind up the IBS, so I have been know to store what we knew we couldn’t sell. David really doesn’t like it either, but he will eat it with blue cheese and walnuts. There are limits to how much you can eat that way though! 
However, my market is small, and there are advertising restrictions here. I know I can sell 40-50lb, plus about 20lb of comb honey. More than that, and I have to consider freezing it. Last year, too much honey wasn’t a problem. The drought was so severe, we barely had enough honey for the colonies - no excess to harvest for sure.
Plus they would technically be illegal, because you can’t inspect them and they swarm.