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Think I've got the the hang of it after the first 50 or so. Using a queen marking pen to mark a clearer centre point at the business end helped improve my aim, and you get a feeling for the pressure to apply

Just bought a Titan nailer and was similarly disappointed with the brads being proud. Then I read this post... Press harder! Sorted!

Yep, why make extra work for myself?! Especially as the only reason I haven't spun the uncapped stuff to put in feeders is to avoid the work involved. Will store the extracted supers wet, and if I run out of ekes (per Michael's reply) nadir the rest.

Think I'll try this Michael - thanks, appreciate the reply. Hope summer in Vermont has been better than summer in England!

After extraction I'm left with supers of empty comb (wet extracted), and some supers of mainly unsealed stores which i haven't spun out. I'd like the bees to move as much of these stores as possible to my (14x12) brood boxes so i don't have to feed syrup. So, when returning the unsealed supers...