I really don't like the stuff.  If you get a case of foul brood you
can't render the frames because you have plastic in them.  Go with the
traditional foundation.
 
At 01:01 PM 8/25/97 -0600, you wrote:
>On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 10:27:51 -0400, bartlett wrote:
>
>>Plastic Foundation  -  the stiff kind like plasticell
>>
>>Would like to hear from people who have used it for a few of seasons.
>>
>>How easy is it to clean up?  (can't put it in the solar extracter)
>If it has been in the brood nest for sometime and the waxmonth don't clean all
>of the black stuff off you can soak it in drain cleaner for seferal days
and hose
>it off.
>
>>If you put it back on after cleaning how well do the bees except it
>>back?
>just as good as new, i only use the unwaxed as our honey flow is very intense.
>
>>Any warping or cracking?
>no if installed corectly, will take a bend if it is installed that way and
nearly impossible
>to straigthen out
>
>>Can you scrap it clean with a hive tool?  Any damage when you do?
>yes you can scrape it clean but too much force and too sharp tool will
damage it.
>waxmonth damage to comb is only to comb not foundation.
>>Any little tricks to handling it?
>can be put on any time as bees will not chew it out honey flow or not. A
small honey
>flow can produce cross comb but can be scraped off and let the bees start
all over.
>Permendent i will not recomond as the cell walls are not as deep as plastic
cell
>I have used it for several seasions 10+ and will not use any thing else as
wax is too
>expensive comparied to the plastic foundation.
>>billy bee
>>
>
>Charles Harper
>Harper's Honey farm
>1000 + Colonies
>
>
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