If you use drone foundation in the supers you get less wax and more honey - it can be a bit more fragile though.
Put a super frame in the brood box and the workers will build comb underneath to fill the space. This is nearly always drone comb and when full of ripe drone larvae, slice it off. It is likely to contain large numbers of Varroa mites and so is a method of controling their number. Freeze for 48 hrs what you remove and then put out for the birds!
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