Excellent question asked by Steve:
How do large scale beekeepers get comb drawn, and is this method a better
method for us small scale folks too, and if not why not.?

Fructose is expensive. I feed when needed but not any other time. You can
simply feed away your profits!

I get a large amount of supers with foundation ready and they sit. Maybe for
a year or two (maybe not). I wait for the right flow conditions. I then
shift off the drawn comb supers and install foundation exactly like
recommended by George I. of our  list. I watch the outside temperature
during the period and the long range weather forecast. I do not want the
work on the foundation to stop until all foundation is fully drawn. The bees
draw beautiful comb.

Most  commercial beekeepers I talk with use similar methods.

Common mistakes with new beekeepers is installing a package on foundation
when the weather is too cold for the bees wax glands to work. Not keeping
the syrup feeder full at the start  so the bees start and stop working
causing problems. Incorrect spacing of frames when using foundation and so
on and so forth.

If you are successful at the production of comb honey you will be successful
using my system if you consider getting your wax drawn the same way.

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison
Odessa, Missouri

"Look deep deep into nature and then you will understand everything better!"
Albert Einstein

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