>At 11:51 AM 23/10/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>I spread out the cappings on a tarp in the woods and let the bees clean out
>>the honey (and, it seems, alot of the junk).
>
>This is also recognized ia a good way to spread contagious disease among
>bees.  In this part of the world the practice is illegal.
 
The best way that I have found, is to add the cappings into a hive top
feeder, With full access for the bees it only takes a short while for all
the sticky to go. It's also a good way to feed a weak or small hive. One
point add the caps late in the day for less excitment.
 
        While dicussing cappings  Wendy Ban wrote
 
>slubgum/goo adhering to bottom which can be cut off. Cooked but
>not unpleasantly scorched honey at bottom which can be fine-filtered.
>It's a bit tricky to get the wax cake out of the can, but subtle
>rolling of the rim with palms of hands frees it, and it can be
>nudged out over a receptacle to collect the honey.
>I fed the honey back to the bees
 
This in my opinion is the fastest way to feed your bees dysentry! I never
feed cooked or heated honey back to my bees, the only time I did was the
worst case of brown drippings I have ever seen.
 
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