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> In 2010 - 2011 the influence of beeswax foundation adulterated with different percentages ofparaffin, on comb construction, brood rearing and bee colonies development was evaluated.Beeswax foundation adulterated with different rate of paraffin (10%, 30%, 50%) was prepared. Eachyear of the study into 7 experimental bee colonies set in Dadant type bee-hives, ... every colony had 3 frames with beeswax foundation with different percentages of paraffin (10%, 30%, 50 %).
>.Paraffin used in our experiment had no negative impact on the bee colonies. Bees drew out thefoundation properly, and no destruction was observed. The queens laid eggs on the systematically drawn out comb cells. Brood development was normal and its quality was suitable. The worker bees emerged after 21 days. No case of brood or emerging worker bees death was noted.
> Castro et al. (2010) also found that Apis mellifera colonies tolerated up to 40% of paraffin in combs and the addition of such a quantity of paraffin to beeswax had no adverse effects on the development of bees.
Comb Construction and Brood Development on Beeswax Foundation Adulterated with Paraffin
Piotr Semkiw and Piotr Skubida Published Online: 04 Jun 2013
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