I recommend you use no wire, only hair pins in the eyelet holes to take the bow out of the foundation. Ben Davis On Sat, 5 Apr 1997 08:32:33 -0500 Greg Hankins <[log in to unmask]> writes: >>If you are >>only planning on a couple of hives try ,forget buying an embeder,too >>costly plus unless you have the time it eats it up using one.The >plastic >>foundation that Steve recomends would probably sufice. Using the >>foundation you have now without embeding it will only create a major >mess > >How important is cross embedding the foundation if it will only be >used in >the brood nest? Is the extra support primarily to enable the comb to >stand >the force of extraction? > >I plan only a few hives and expect to forego the use of an extractor. >I was >raised on good ole-fashioned hand-processed Appalachian chunk honey >and >plan on putting my harvest up that way as well. > >Greg > >____________________________________________________ >Greg Hankins Mt. Gilead, NC >[log in to unmask] >