Making your own foundation...

It is interesting to follow this discussion, and those before on the this
subject, since it will, again become a popular topic, and a needed technique
for any beekeeper wishing to produce organic honey. Simply put, it becomes a
chickn/egg problem....to raise orgainic honey, you need organic bees that
must be raised on organic beewax comb, and only organic bees can produce
organic beeswax.  The foundation, if used, certainly, must be the same. So,
to produce organic bees, you need to start on organic wax...if you want a
faster start, you'll need organic foundation. To do that...well, there's the
trick, isn't it? The USDA has all the rules, and Bee Culture magazine
explores them in the Sept. issue, but it comes down to...that person who
first produces organic wax in quantity will command a market...what will it
be worth to an organic producer to obtain, say, 100 pounds to make starter
strips for frames, or whole sheets of foundation, or pure organic foundation
by the box full?. That wax producer will, of necessity, have been certified
as producing organic wax, and all that goes with that, too. So, readers,
heed the advice given here, but if organic is the way of your future, look
and listen for the rest of this story.

Kim Flottum
Editor, Bee Culture

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