Brian Fredericksen: “every variable we have added for different reasons to 
manage bees and make a living moves us further and further away from 
nature.”

When it comes to things like plastic in the hive I have to agree with 
Brian.  Plastic foundation in honey supers is one thing, but plastic comb 
in the brood chambers?   It just seems like we’re trying awfully hard to 
keep a bee from doing what a bee does.  What’s the future in that?  One of 
the things a bee does and has done for thousands of years is build comb.  
They build it and they tear it down.  They arrange it and rearrange it to 
fit their needs.  They obviously like to have a fair amount of flexibility 
when it comes to what they do with wax. How in the world does it make sense 
to take something as fundamental as that away from them?  I am sure that 
the really seasoned veterans of beekeeping, the ones who have a sort of 
sixth sense about bees, can read a lot about the state of a hive just by 
looking at the brood comb.  The less you let your bees do what bees are 
designed to do the more clueless you’re going to be when nature says to 
hell with this. 

Steve Noble 

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