Hi to all on BEE-L

Been doing some experimentation of my own with this Plastic
4.9mm foundation to see what it will stand in the way of
abuse by beekeepers.

I took a sheet (hated to do that knowing so few have been
made) and cut it in pieces with tin snips and put pieces in
microwave for 10 minutes on high to see what would happen!

Also took the same pieces and put them in large cooking pot
in water and boiled for over an hour so see what would
happen!

Then after talking to Michael housel jokingly in chat, I
thought about what he said and decided to jump on it.

Well, results. . . . . maybe not good tests by some
standards, but I still got the plastic unwarped and
uncurled and unshrunk, and impressions still good for bees
to work with. Then when I measured it, it still
measured the same!!!

So I think it is pretty good stuff, this plastic, knowing
how beekeepers misuse stuff, and the sheets in the long run
will hve to be reprocessed and melted down from time to
time.

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby


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