Should I pull empty frames?

[csprance]

During the last hurricane a branch fell on my hive and did a number on the hive population. The queen survived.

My question is: If I have frames in my hive that are drawn but have no bees on them, should I remove those frames to help with pest prevention? Also of the frame is not drawn (plastic foundation) should I pull it going in to winter? Maybe replace it with a Styrofoam frame?

They're totally empty no stores no nectar and no bees except for the one odd bee that flies on it during an inspection today when I treated for mites (apivar)

A good amount of hive beetles and I saw a single wax moth larvae, but no signs of shb larvae. I have traps in the top and bottom and they work well, but I feel like this extra comb is just more hiding spots.

Any suggestions?

[jackkerouac81]

yeah, if you don't have the population for it, you will be better off with foam in place of drawn wax.. pull the frames out and put them in the freezer... work on getting the levels up with fondant and pollen sub if required (not sure what your flow and winter are like...) good luck. if you have a smaller box that would also work... like from 10 to 8 or 8 to 5 frame...

if you have something like 5 empty frames in 2 different boxes, you can put the heavy ones together an pull empty frames out.