That wire is wax coated and an unlikely source. Where are the bees getting their water? The carry a lot of water and fan off water for cooling, leaving whatever solids in the hives, I would think. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html