Albert W Needham wrote:
> He also stated that this was the hive in which he had a super of  "ANP"foundation which was still "chuck-a-bluck" full of capped honey.
ANP apparently is a German manufactured foundation with complete full plastic cells.
He said all the bees do is fill them up with honey an cap the plastic cell with wax.
 
ANP foundation was devoloped in and originaly marketed from somewhere in Europe. It
was produced in CA by Pierco and sold through Dadant for several years. It never
caught on because of the high cost, abt $3/frame. The object was to help control
varroa by by reducing the post capping period. The cells were tapered so that the back
of the cell was larger than the entrace providing additional room for larval food.
That is supposed to make the bee devolop and hatch sooner. At least thats the way I
remember it. Its been a long time since I've read about ANP so I may be a bit hazy on
the details.