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What if i want wax?

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cjsscreen:
try taking off the honey after the flow and feeding heavily and they should draw out more comb if you offer foundation just dont plan on harvesting all that sugar honey that they will put in it.

Markinaust:
Here is my 2 cents worth,

I am led to believe that the Corcasion strain of honey bees are profuse wax builders. However I also believe that the same strain is also a prolific swarming strain so I wouldn’t suggest a beginner to start out with them.


Cheers


Mark

beefree:
i will try feeding them heavily after honey flow/harvest this year, and just let them keep that last super to help get them through the winter.  If i can get more than one shallow drawn, i'll remove one to startup the new hive next year.  Since this is my first year doing this, i'll stick to my Italians, but i expect i'll want to eventually try other strains and i'll choose them using wax-building as one of the criteria.  Thanks for the info and input, everybody!
beefree

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