> I was trying to think of a way
> to get the honey out of the TBH combs, especially since I don't
> think it would work to try to run them through a conventional
> extractor.
 
Before people start extracting and mushing vombs from tbhs. consider
this:
 
These combs should be *premium* virgin comb honey.
 
Comb honey sells for double (at a minimum) the price for extracted.
Moreover, tbh comb will have *no* manmade centre rib of pressed and
processed wax, and this makes this comb better than virtually all
comb sold in North America -- and likely the developed world.
 
In Germany -- I am told by a skep beekeeper -- that combs *from
skeps* sell for prices like $50 per pound.  I should think these
would qualify as a similar product, if not pass as actual 'skep'
combs.
 
Therefore, I reach two tentative conclusions:
 
1.  An astute marketer could sell these combs for extremely high
prices to gourmet and fashion food places -- or export into some
European markets.  Packaging and storage is the problem. They would
have to be frozen.
 
2.  Although cost of production is higher per unit, it would be
possible to run a *commercial* beekeeping business using only these
hives.
 
Anyone????
 
Regards
 
Allen
 
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                                         VE6CFK
RR#1, Swalwell, Alberta  Canada T0M 1Y0
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