Subject: Time:11:48 AM OFFICE MEMO PermaDent Foundation Date:4/17/95 This question is sent in regard to PermaDent fountation (as sold by Mann Lake). I started using this type of foundation three years ago primarily because I understood that it was reusable. The actual plastic is imprinted with the honeycomb structure and has a coating of bees wax on it. Since some of my brood frames are now getting fairly old and dark, I would like to clean these up. My question involves how to go about doing this. When I have just scraped off the old drawn wax, the bees have a strong tendency to draw out drone-sized cells rather than worker cells (even though on the new, original foundation they had drawn worker cells before). Has anyone else experienced this? If you have solved this problem please advise me of the proper technique on the refurbishment of Permadent foundation. Thanks - [log in to unmask] (N. Texas)