Hi all If increased production of cappings wax is required, you can achieve it using special thin honey frames that are only 18 mm wood parts, spaced on 26 mm centres. First get the foundation part drawn on normal spacing, then put the frames into a box with specially made castellated spacers at the narrow spacing. The bees will continue to draw the cells and store honey until they have only just enough space to work, then they will cap the cells whatever depth they are. Trim the cappings off the frames and allow any drips to drain, but do not fully extract the honey. Put the part filled frames back again and the bees will re-fill and re-cap the frames fairly quickly. By repeating this process regularly you can obtain large amounts of cappings wax. I have done this under UK conditions to generate beeswax for making cutting lubricants and polishing compounds. OK it is a bit labour intensive, but the ratio of wax to honey is changed dramatically in favour of the wax. Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net Fall Back M/c, Build 5.02 (stable) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::