I also wonder about reuse of comb- am I correct in thinking it is uncommon to set up nucs on fresh foundation?

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> I also am thinking of it in the context of the USDA comparison of the performance of commercial treated stock top Russian and VSH --Those colonies were quite intensively managed as I understand it -- and also what I saw in the Imperial Valley where a large beekeeper simply picked up his old colonies annually and nuced them all out routinely in a special setup consisting of two semi-trailers.
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