> In my experience, about 25 lbs from a shallow, about 35 lbs from a
> medium, and 45-50 lbs from a deep, by the time it reaches your
> buckets.  Then there is also the honey you salvage from the
> cappings.
 
We try to remove the standard depth  boxes when they weigh 50
pounds. That is 30 lbs honey and about 20 for the box and  frames.
 
Of course they are typically above that in weight, but that way, we
get a minimum of uncapping (we try for none).  Until recently, they
only uncapping we did was scratching with a fork.  LAtely we have
been using a Dakota Guness and don't care if the frames are capped
because they all pretty well go thru the machine.
>
> I used to run 9 frames in honey supers.  Now I go with 8, evenly
> spaced across the super.  This works great.  The combs are fat, easy
> to uncap right back to the wood and yield more wax.
 
A bonus here is that if you don't use excluders, and you don't uncap
deep, the queens are more reluctant to lay in the extra deep cells
that develop with the wide (8 frame) spacing, and tend to stay in the
brood nest -- where normal 9 or 10 frame spacing is used.
 
Regards
 
Allen
 
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                                         VE6CFK
RR#1, Swalwell, Alberta  Canada T0M 1Y0
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