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Bosaiya asks:
> Has anyone had any luck with Dadant's Halfcomb supers?...
There's plenty in the archives on this, use "Hogg" as a search arguement.
Of particular interest are posts:
005507, 005508, 005724, 007194 and 007199
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Basicly what you're running into is a reluctance for the bees to work in
sections, especially when you have "normal" supers in which they can work.
Perhaps bees are claustrophobic and don't like working in those confined
spaces.
Some say producing comb honey is like shooting fish in a barrel, others will
tell you it's an art. I lean towards it's like artfully shooting fish in a
barrel: Once you learn how to do it it's pretty easy, but not without some
effort. Recommended reading, _Honey_in_the_Comb_ by Eugene Killion (A great
book even if you never intend to produce comb honey) and
_The_New_Comb_Honey_ by Richard Taylor (who incidently is selling his comb
honey equipment due to his advanced age).
Aaron Morris - thinking comb is for bees, not hair (at least not mine)!
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