In a message dated 4/1/99 8:32:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

> As a new BeeKeeper, I purchased all my hives with Pierco plastic frames.
>  Being so new, I don't have any drawn out foundations.  I am worried when I
>  get my new bees and place them in a box with 10 new Pierco frames they
won't
>  take to them.  I have heard to spray all the frames with sugar water,
>  however I am not convenced that this is going to work.  Can anyone offer me
>  any comfort that going this method is going to work!  Or... am I going to
>  learn a lesson the hardway?

    A hobby beekeeper who got a 5-frame nuc from me put them in with 5 plastic
frames. Three times they started building the comb in between the frames
rather than on them. He finally took some melted beeswax and brushed it on
with a small paintbrush. Then they got right on them and all was okay.

[log in to unmask]     Dave Green  Hemingway, SC  USA
The Pollination Scene:  http://users.aol.com/pollinator/polpage1.html
The Pollination Home Page:    http://www.pollinator.com

Jan's Sweetness and Light Shop    (Varietal Honeys and Beeswax Candles)
http://users.aol.com/SweetnessL/sweetlit.htm