In a message dated 09/11/2008 00:09:21 GMT Standard Time,
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you add in five or six thousand supers to rotate comb out of also
It shouldn't be necessary to rotate super comb as frequently provided you've
kept the queen out of them. However, as you're going to take the supers off
anyway, why not simply cut out all the comb with honey, leaving a 'footprint'
round the edge as a starter for next season? The honey could be separated
from the wax by mashing and floating which preserves much more of the flavour
than the usual centrifuge does and gives you an additional crop of valuable
wax to harvest.
You hear the argument that it takes X pounds of nectar to produce Y pounds
of wax, but a glance at the debris on the floor under the mesh will always show
wax scales, even during florally quiet times: the bees are going to produce
wax anyway in a flow so you may as well let them put it to good use rather
than waste it.
Chris
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