> If your comb is wired and thus unsuitable for cut comb, scrape it down to
> the midrib and replace in the hive.
 
The Japanese buy entire wired white standard combs and cut them up for
chunk honey.  They remove the wire by heating it with a battery current
(like an embedder setup) and pulling it out the end.
 
> Wax is a high value product
 
Wax is low in price these days and getting lower.  Why?  I guess the
beekeepers are no longer buying it in the form of foundation.  I expect it
to go (much) lower.
 
Allen