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"Marie E. Thorp" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 Feb 1997 23:16:50 -0800
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Albert W Needham wrote:
>
> In respect to plastic foundation....If I recall correctly, in  prior
> discussions on
> BEE-L about plastic foundation, I believe that someone said that bees
> will
> not rebuild foundation on plastic that has been scrapped "clean"!
>
> Anyone recall that statement?
>
> Al
> .........
> Al Needham--Scituate,MA,[log in to unmask]
> "The HoneyBee"--An Educational Program About Honey
> Bees With A Superb Slide Show-Version 2.0 (c) 1997
> Download From: http://www.kuai.se/~beemanHi Al and Bee-L,
        To be sure bees will not do much with plastic once you've scraped
 it clean. Ah,but there is hope! What you need to do is take a brush and
 apply melted wax. This works very well but usually only for honey supers
 because of the excesive amount of drone cells.I hope this helps.
                                Take Care and GBY
                                John in Homestead

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