On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 06:49:41 +0000 aweinert <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Forwarded message:
>
>I tried the method also but used the higher heat setting (1500 W). As
...........
>> The decapping results are excellent; the wax melts on the tops of
>the cells and is then pulled by the surface tension of the liquid wax
>onto  the tops of the cell walls, leaving the honey free for extraction.
 
Would not the melting wax that flows down into a cell actually reduce
the interior space in that cell. If so, I would not think that to be a
beneficial process as I recall reading previously on the List that
over time the interior of the cell is reduced by the material surrounding
the
larvae...and then in time future generations are actually smaller in
size? I
believe that reasoning was cited as being a good reason to periodically
replace old comb with new foundation.
 
Al,
 
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