> What I want to know is how fully capped were the frames of this honey as I am
> trying to figure out the optimum time to remove supers and extract here
> without extracting a lot of unripened stuff.
>
> So do I only extract fully capped frames?
> Or is there a judgement call based on capped percentage?
 
Unfortunately, there is no direct relationship between the degree of
capping and the moisture level.
 
Although a significant amount of capping *may* indicate drier honey,
sometimes capped honey may be too moist.  (This condition is usually
accompanied by 'sweating' of the comb)
 
We have extracted 15% honey from totally uncapped combs, and 18% from
capped ones.
 
Allen