# \#cleaning-flow-frames **URL:** https://forum.honeyflow.com/tag/cleaning-flow-frames/167.md [Latest](https://forum.honeyflow.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.honeyflow.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/tags.md) --- ## [Brood in super - dead pupae?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/brood-in-super-dead-pupae/39783)
**Author:** [@Aliceishere](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Aliceishere)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/brood-in-super-dead-pupae/39783 "2025-10-04T21:56:27Z")
Hi there, here’s a Sunday morning mystery! I’ve got a brood in the super situation for you - I think I’ve got it under control but a bit puzzled by what it is and how it happened… So, a couple of weeks ago we collected… --- ## [Dark sticky wax under queen excluder in brood box](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dark-sticky-wax-under-queen-excluder-in-brood-box/33634)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Flori](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Christopher_Flori)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dark-sticky-wax-under-queen-excluder-in-brood-box/33634 "2024-11-19T10:06:32Z")
Hi I’m really hoping you can give me some advise or guidance. I inspected my main hive this afternoon (this same hive also had a lot of condensation during winter). I live Brighton 30min north of Brisbane and we did hav… --- ## [Mold after Dead Out](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/mold-after-dead-out/36813)
**Author:** [@JoeR](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JoeR)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/mold-after-dead-out/36813 "2024-04-30T19:03:31Z")
Help! Sadly, I have found that my Flow Hive experienced a dead-out over the winter. All signs point to the bees likely dying after a very sudden drop to negative 15 degrees (F) for a period of several weeks in January. … --- ## [My bees have gone.. what’s the next step?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-bees-have-gone-what-s-the-next-step/35920)
**Author:** [@Paulemma](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Paulemma)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/my-bees-have-gone-what-s-the-next-step/35920 "2023-11-12T07:41:21Z")
Hi, I discovered last weekend the bees have swarmed. Being a new keeper/learner just looking for help and advice. There were slugs in the hive with the remaining frames in the brood starting to look mouldy. Do I have to… --- ## [Cleaning and starting new after maggots moved in](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cleaning-and-starting-new-after-maggots-moved-in/21004)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cleaning-and-starting-new-after-maggots-moved-in/21004 "2019-02-16T21:04:34Z")
Hi folks, recently i was away on holidays and came back to an empty hive (looks like they swarmed when i was away), and maggots had moved in to slime the brood box :frowning: Ive since hosed and cleaned out the brood bo… --- ## [Cleaning super frames after wax moth infestation](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cleaning-super-frames-after-wax-moth-infestation/34747)
**Author:** [@Moniquay](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Moniquay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cleaning-super-frames-after-wax-moth-infestation/34747 "2023-04-24T13:46:08Z")
Semi newbie here :wave: I have recently discovered that my hive has left due to a massive wax moth infestation. I have pulled my hive apart and now starting the process of cleaning. I have dismantled the super flow fram… --- ## [Black film came out of flow frame](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-film-came-out-of-flow-frame/33746)
**Author:** [@tinker](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/tinker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-film-came-out-of-flow-frame/33746 "2022-10-07T20:11:15Z")
Just got a used flow hive which I think is the original (classic?) version. The colony died when the original owner was away for an extended time so do not know the cause. Wax moths moved in and partially populated the f… --- ## [New colony into hive but flow frames are yukky](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-colony-into-hive-but-flow-frames-are-yukky/33441)
**Author:** [@ester-by-the-sea](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/ester-by-the-sea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-colony-into-hive-but-flow-frames-are-yukky/33441 "2022-08-08T06:46:19Z")
Hey there, I want to put a new colony in my hive, but when it comes to the Super the flow frames don’t look great. Should I be doing anything to clean them up or will the bees just sort it out themselves? Cheers, Este… --- ## [Flowhive Frame Maintenance](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flowhive-frame-maintenance/32742)
**Author:** [@Mike1](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Mike1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flowhive-frame-maintenance/32742 "2022-04-18T12:16:35Z")
Hi, i havent harvested honey in a year, wanted to make sure bees had ample source of honey over the winter. In trying to recently harvest honey it was a low yield but there appears to be a lot of older capped honey in mu… --- ## [How do I clean my frames?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-do-i-clean-my-frames/25274)
**Author:** [@ErinNewbeeMama](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/ErinNewbeeMama)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-do-i-clean-my-frames/25274 "2022-03-30T22:45:25Z")
Question! How do I clean my flow frames? I took the super off last fall and after harvesting the honey from the flow frames, they spent the winter in the super in my (freezing) garage. So they still have wax cappings and… --- ## [Rehousing bees during Flow hive repairs - advice please!](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/rehousing-bees-during-flow-hive-repairs-advice-please/32101)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Abes](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Chris_Abes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/rehousing-bees-during-flow-hive-repairs-advice-please/32101 "2021-12-31T01:59:57Z")
Our Flow Hive is now 6 years old and is in desperate need of some repairs. Any suggestions on how to go about temporarily removing the hive whilst the repairs are carried out then replacing the hive into the Flow Hive wo… --- ## [Brood in the Flow frame](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/brood-in-the-flow-frame/32021)
**Author:** [@gommcd](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/gommcd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/brood-in-the-flow-frame/32021 "2021-12-13T07:49:25Z")
I made a mistake and accidentally let the queen get out of the brood box above the queen excluder (without knowing). I now have discovered some capped brood in about 30% of two of my Flow frames. I have found the queen… --- ## [Cleaning cloth stuck in flow channel (oops)](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cleaning-cloth-stuck-in-flow-channel-oops/31903)
**Author:** [@Geoff\_S](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Geoff_S)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cleaning-cloth-stuck-in-flow-channel-oops/31903 "2021-11-22T14:21:48Z")
Hopefully this will help someone else in future. I decided to clean the flow frame channel/tube with a damp chux cloth wrapped around the flow key. I’d done this before no worries, but this time I got distracted and acc… --- ## [Flow hive yield dropping over time](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-yield-dropping-over-time/28902)
**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Stavropoulo](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Nicholas_Stavropoulo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hive-yield-dropping-over-time/28902 "2021-07-22T16:03:15Z")
I have 3 hive, all flow hives. One is 6 years, one 3 years and one 1 year old. They all take the same time to fill with honey, but the older the flow frames, the less yield. The new frames yield three times the 5 year o… --- ## [Dead drone cells in Flow Super, how do I clean?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dead-drone-cells-in-flow-super-how-do-i-clean/30982)
**Author:** [@ken711129](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/ken711129)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dead-drone-cells-in-flow-super-how-do-i-clean/30982 "2021-07-18T04:28:41Z")
I had drone laying workers for a while in my Flow Hive super so I took the whole thing off and kept that in my shed. Got to go out of town for couple of weeks, and now I came back with terrible smelling flow super frames… --- ## [Flowhive not working well](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flowhive-not-working-well/29291)
**Author:** [@cottles](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/cottles)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flowhive-not-working-well/29291 "2021-07-09T21:25:22Z")
couple of my flowhive had honey down both columns but wh en went to harvest only very slow flow and not much honey came out. usually get 1.5 jars from each FH yet only received about 1/4 jar. am i suppose to clean them… --- ## [Dead Hive Clean Up](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dead-hive-clean-up/27797)
**Author:** [@greekbecky](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/greekbecky)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dead-hive-clean-up/27797 "2021-04-15T05:04:06Z")
Hello Folks - I just opened a dead hive from last winter that I stored in a sealed container in my barn. I set the frames out in the sun for the bees to remove any honey left behind and they seem to be going at it prett… --- ## [Dead bees not a “ dead out”](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dead-bees-not-a-dead-out/29972)
**Author:** [@Iaveight](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Iaveight)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/dead-bees-not-a-dead-out/29972 "2021-04-12T13:40:50Z")
We had our 3 lbs of European bees delivered, many are now dead inside the flow hive at the base. We noticed because the under takers are carrying them away. Should I clean them out or do I let the bees do this job? If I … --- ## [Flow Frame Super re-use](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-frame-super-re-use/29734)
**Author:** [@Johnpigott24](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Johnpigott24)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-frame-super-re-use/29734 "2021-03-20T15:31:22Z")
Most beekeepers say that best practices for re-use of old frames is to remove all the old comb and torch the frames to eraticate any possible diseases that may exist before using the frames again in a new hive. What is … --- ## [Cleaning Flowhive frames](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cleaning-flowhive-frames/29152)
**Author:** [@Trevor1](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Trevor1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cleaning-flowhive-frames/29152 "2021-02-08T07:53:34Z")
My of Flow frames are full and capped, BUT no Honey will flow - even on the hottest of days after turning the key. Is there a particular flowhive cleaning regimen? We have taken apart each slice for each frame of all 6… --- ## [Messy and untidy looking Flow Hive and frames?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/messy-and-untidy-looking-flow-hive-and-frames/24620)
**Author:** [@BradCo](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BradCo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/messy-and-untidy-looking-flow-hive-and-frames/24620 "2020-02-12T00:36:33Z")
Hi, new beekeeper here. Sorry for the long post. I have acquired two Flow Hives from my father in-law (recently passed away) He set these up in 2016/17 – original Flow Hives. I have decided to take care of his bees as t… --- ## [Super frame cleaning](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/super-frame-cleaning/22500)
**Author:** [@mjsmith55](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/mjsmith55)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/super-frame-cleaning/22500 "2019-07-21T22:30:50Z")
I have had a Flow hive since March 2013 and I live on the Gold Coast, QLD Au. My first nuk quickly grew and within only a month or two I added my super and in only a couple of months I was (they were) producing kg’s of p… --- ## [Complete overhaul of Flowhive - Prepping for new hive - Anything else I should do?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/complete-overhaul-of-flowhive-prepping-for-new-hive-anything-else-i-should-do/21180)
**Author:** [@Danicaremy](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Danicaremy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/complete-overhaul-of-flowhive-prepping-for-new-hive-anything-else-i-should-do/21180 "2019-04-08T09:33:14Z")
We lost our hive last year after two years of success. We assume they swarmed. The last two weekends we took apart the hive and did the following. removed all the wax used a steam cleaner for all the cracks and joint…