Bob

I am new to all of this, but I am curious, when you say new  
equipment, do you mean he will be installing new manufactured  
foundation?  Or will he let the bees make their own?  Or foundation  
that is KNOWN to be clean of any chemicals?  It would be a whole lot  
more valid of an experiment, I think, if he had KNOWN chemical free  
wax at the start (either pressed out by him or built from scratch by  
the bees).

Just curious and trying to help.

Rich

On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Bob Harrison wrote:
> The above hobby beekeeper provided me with valuable input and so we  
> are
> setting up an experiment. He is getting four new packages. two he  
> is going
> to install on the two hives with the huge amount of drawn comb with  
> last
> years honey and pollen. The other two he is going to install on new
> equipment. run this year and report his findings.

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