In a message dated 16/11/2008 01:33:22 GMT Standard Time,  
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the bees  themselves will do the job if the frame is scratched/scoured with a 
 knife


If you are going to do this then you may as well go the whole hog.  I  have 
successfully used an ice cream scoop to scrape combs down to the  midrib.  The 
resulting mix of wax and honey is then GENTLY warmed to  liquify the honey, 
not the wax and then it is strained in the normal way. Sticky  frames of what is 
now foundation can go back to the bees.  There will still  be some honey 
mixed with the wax.  This can be dealt with in 3 ways: feed  it back to the bees; 
squeeze it in a fruit press; extract it biologically using  water and yeast.
 
Chris

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