Cappings

[Murox]

If you put them in a rapid feeder with the central section removed all you need to do is put the sealed feeder over the crown board hole. Job done!
Open the feeder once a day and give the cappings a quick stir and within a week the cappings are like dry sawdust. The stirring prevents the build up of comb as well.

Thats certainly a fine method so long as you do not have too many capping/hives. I have drained them for ages, then into a solar extractor when I had more than six hives worth to deal with.

 

[Etton]

I've not had any problems with robbing as long as you feed all the hives and do it in the evening.

Hum...i did at lunch time and did a few, not all of them. Another lesson!!

 

[Newbeeneil]

Lesson apon lesson!
Just like being back at school this beekeeping lark!

 

[steve1958]

It's a shame that the Bee's haven't found a way to recycle the wax themselves.
It would save them having to tear holes in the new foundation I give them.

 

[Beefriendly]

In a way they have. They are removing it from where they don't want it and reconstructing it where they do want it.
There are many in the USA who "feed" wax shavings to get comb built and the bees take the wax shavings. UK just feed sugar.

 

[Finman]

It would save them having to tear holes in the new foundation I give them.

When langstroth foundation is 100 g, bees can draw cell walls 5 mm with foundation wax. Yes, I weighed the foundation frame anf half drawn and they had the same weigh.

To tear holes... Strange... Very

 

[Finman]

There are many in the USA who "feed" wax shavings to get comb built and the bees take the wax shavings. .

Pure imagination. Perhaps many but it does not work. In USA they indist that bees do not use at all honey to make natural combs. Holy spirit gives the wax to them.

Bees carry wax pieces out, not in, if you have seen.

When we have used blue stryrofoam board in hives, soon lot of blue color has moved into wax.

Best way to spread AFB is to feed back capping honey.
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Huge amount of beekeepers believe that natural combs are low price way to get combs. But it is the most expencive.

 

[Beefriendly]

In USA they indist that bees do not use at all honey to make natural combs. Holy spirit gives the wax to them.

Only in the bible belt Finman.