We continue the tour of Lewis and Sons with their very nice wax dipping setup, and end with a quick look inside their extracting room. For more information you can visit their website: www.lewisandson...
Been buying Lewis dipped boxes for 15+years, haven’t seen the slightest sign of rot or deterioration in a single one. I’d love if they could make their handholds deeper.
I felt kind of bad bringing a ton of smalls when I had my mini nucs, bottoms and lids for dipping, but not a single complaint. If nothing else dipped equipment is far better for your mental health, I hate painting nearly as much as assembling frames.
Was going to ask you Q? If you were to make comb honey. Would you set the comb honey supper on top of the Q excluder. Say your flow starts you blow the bees down add excluder then set new foundation for comb honey right between the brood. Been making some but plan to setup 100 suppers this year for comb honey. Step it up only makes sense I can sell it wholesale quick .
I found that comb honey directly above the excluder resulted in slight discoloured wax on the lower portion of the combs and they are also somewhat reluctant to fill that area. Obviously some queen pheromone drifts up a bit and the bees prepare those cells for brood. I recommend a single super before the honeycomb super.
