Bees will usually clean out the residue from extraction (including some granulated honey), if the wet supers are placed above an inner cover (or add an empty box above the inner cover, too). It's an easy thing to do, and reduces the granulation problem next year, if the honey in your area is prone to granulate. I do it regularly. As was mentioned, however, sometimes the bees consolidate or add to the little bit of honey, leaving patches of honey in the supers, too little to bother extracting. In this case, and even though it is a bother, you can scratch open any capped cells and put the partly filled supers UNDER the brood nest. I got this advice from an experienced beekeeper, and haven't done it often, but the couple of times I've tried it, the bees removed the honey completely. As the fall brood emerges, it leaves space for storage. Remove the cleaned supers when it's barely warm enough that bees can still fly home. (before it gets too cold). Kerry Clark, Apiculture Specialist B.C. Ministry of Agriculture 1201 103 Ave Dawson Creek B.C. V1G 4J2 CANADA Tel (604) 784-2225 fax (604) 784-2299 INTERNET [log in to unmask]