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"David D. Scribner" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 3 May 1999 14:35:23 -0500
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>Ive run out of shallow supers with drawn comb.
>Is it possible to put a shallow super with just foundation on top or the
>bottom of the honey supers???
>Any help would be appreciated   Tnx  Walt in South Carolina


Yes.  If a flow is on, they will draw the foundation.  If a flow is not on,
they won't (and may chew up the foundation).  I hesitate to say which method
of supering (top or bottom) is better as it seems 50% of the beekeepers do
it one way, the other 50% the other.  Personally I bottom super, but that is
strictly a matter of choice.  Commercial beekeepers usually top super (which
makes sense), but many others have their own reasons, which may in fact be
better in their area.

--David Scribner
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