B keeper , you mentioned putting un drawn foundation in the supers for the wax producers to draw out & related it to a step in swarm prevention .
If comb needs to be made enough bees will take the command to make it , do they then revert back to previous duties like nurse maids or go on to to other bee duties such as foragers & water carriers , hive cleaners & cooling teams or are they set for life to only produce wax .
I seem to recall figures of several pounds of honey per super being the cost of bees drawing out foundation does that seem correct in your mind?