>A one-year comb rotation is the recommended practice in Denmark. I

> >asked a Danish beekeeper about it at Apimondia and he was happy that it
> >did not reduce honey crops.
>

"Honey production to comply with pure blossom and organic standards may be
possible using the shook swarm technique, but the productivity level is 55 –
60% lower than with standard beekeeping methods."

The effects of the shook swarm
technique on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)
colony productivity and honey quality.
Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World 47(1): 27–34 (2008)

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