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Date: | Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:07:07 -0400 |
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Keren, I saw her add and sent her my opinion that
it may be a bad idea to send brood comb for various
reason. I also corrected some errors for her.
http://www.goldstarhoneybees.com/blog/comb-collapse-alert/
The idea was to prevent brood comb collapse which is
circulating the internet, so much so that a beekeeper at
the WCBA picnic gave a speech against the use of
starter beads in top bar hives, which I had issue with.
Now I believe the painting of a wide swath of beeswax
is being confused with a thin starter bead, and that
adds to the confusion. A starter bead is not the same
as painting the bottom of the bars with a layer of wax.
errors in her ad:
* Brood pheromone comes from the brood itself and not the brood comb.
* Lemongrass oil has components contained in Nasonov not queen pheromone
I sent this recommendation to her:
Painting a wide band of wax on top bars is perhaps a
bad idea. I recommend using a piece of beeswax melted
into a solid bar, and a fine line drawn on the top bar,
where you want the center of the comb to be started. Years
of using this technique I have found a fine line of bees wax
does not interfere with comb adhesion. You do not need
more than a trace of beeswax in a line.
Joe Waggle
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