How to put pollen stores back into a hive

Beekeeping - Basics
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Hi all.

I requeened today for as my hive is struggling a little.

Durung this process I removed a frame from my hive as it had wax moth but this same frame also had a lots of pollen stores in it. I don’t want to put the frame with the moth back into the hive but reslise I have taken a valuable resource from a weak colony by removing some pollen stores.

Is there a way I can give my girls back their own pollen stores and how do I do this? Do I freeze the frames and put them back in or can I scrape the stores off and make a patty with it?

I’m also concious I need to give the new queen time to settle in so will not be poking around in the hive for a week.

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This would be a very good solution. If the moths have made big holes in the frame, you may need to cycle it out once the pollen has been used.

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