# Hive transfer from 10 frame to 8 frame

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hive-transfer-from-10-frame-to-8-frame/29443>\
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**Created:** [February 25, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hive-transfer-from-10-frame-to-8-frame/29443 "2021-02-25T09:36:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Jeffro)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hive-transfer-from-10-frame-to-8-frame/29443/1 "2021-02-25T09:36:26Z")

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Hi all, first topic on this forum. I have a 10 frame Langstroth hive and I want to transfer the bees and frames into my 8 frame Flow Hive brood box. I am hoping that the outer 2 frames are not being used by the bees. If they are already using them I hope they just have honey and pollen in them, if so can I just freeze the frames and feed back to them in winter. Also should I keep the frames in the same positions? Cheers in advance, Jeffro

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**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hive-transfer-from-10-frame-to-8-frame/29443/2 "2021-02-25T16:27:32Z")

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Hello and welcome to the Flow forum! 😊

Yes you should keep the frames in the same positions if at all possible, but it would be fine to remove and freeze any pollen/honey frames. Good plan

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**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hive-transfer-from-10-frame-to-8-frame/29443/3 "2021-02-25T19:37:59Z")

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Hi Jeffro, I would not focus so much on the honey frames as much as I would remove the worst looking brood frames. The ones with the least amount of worker comb on them. I would also keep the frames in the same order & evenly space the frames. Avoid squashing bees between frames as a matter of importance, on account that beetles will lay eggs in the squashed bees that can’t be readily removed by the house bees. You might like to squash & strain any frames full of honey for yourself. Otherwise I agree with @Dawn_SD , there’s no problems with freezing it.

Keep your smoker going & use it to drive bees away from where you want to place frames in the new box, etc

cheers.