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Re: What to do with overwintered top supers in spring
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Mike S <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 20 Nov 2018 13:45:27 +0000
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>>>  score the combs with a cappings tool, tie some 100-lb-test poly string around the super, and flip them over, so the combs were upside down.  .....   little leaking honey from the scored untouched combs (or what little the extractor did not extract) bring some house bees up to start the cleanup.
Sadly, this is not going to help Bill T.cleanup.
<><><>  Lay two or three strings out over the inner cover with the hole open in the inner cover, place the frames upside down on the inner cover, then place the empty super box upside down over the frames with the outer cover on top.   Eureka  Same job done but one frame at a time.       ...       ...       Mike in LA


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