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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