I had occasion this evening to go to a Bee Club meeting with a beekeeper
friend of mine.
 
I was talking to him about the recent BEE-L discussion about plastic
foundation.
 
He mentioned that just today he discovered one of  his hives all dead,
apparently due
to an insufficient number in the cluster. They appeared okay a couple of
weeks ago.
Further discussion with him revealed that they were a bit weak in numbers
last fall.
 
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 and cap the
plastic cell
with wax.
 
I cannot recall this type of foundation ever being mentioned on BEE-L
before.
 
Anyone out there know of this "ANP" Plastic foundation that is
manufactured
with complete plastic cells?
 
Al
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Author Of "The HoneyBee"-- Educational Program About Honey
Bees With A Superb Slide Show-Version 2.1 (c) 1997
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