I am certainly not an authority on bees, however, as dark as the inside of
a closed hive would be, I can not imagine that color would make any
difference to the bees what so ever. However, I was wrong once last year,
so could bee in error.
Dusty
>
>>>I agree. However, past the first generation the cells will darken from
>left
>over cocoons thereby making egg detection a little easier.
>
>Perhaps Mann-Lake could make the plastic a darker color. Do you think the
>bees would care if if the plastic foundation is white or black background?
  The black plastic makes it easier to see the eggs
>and remove them.  I'm not sure if the bees care about the color.
>
 
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