Albert W Needham wrote:
>
> I had occasion this evening to go to a Bee Club meeting with a beekeeper
> friend of mine.
>
> I was talking to him about the recent BEE-L discussion about plastic
> foundation.
>
> He mentioned that just today he discovered one of  his hives all dead,
> apparently due
> to an insufficient number in the cluster. They appeared okay a couple of
> weeks ago.
> Further discussion with him revealed that they were a bit weak in numbers
> last fall.
>
> He also stated that this was the hive in which he had a super of  "ANP"
> foundation
> which was still "chuck-a-bluck" full of capped honey.
>
> ANP apparently is a German manufactured foundation with complete full
> plastic
> cells. He said all the bees do is fill them up with honey and cap the
> plastic cell
> with wax.
>
> I cannot recall this type of foundation ever being mentioned on BEE-L
> before.
>
> Anyone out there know of this "ANP" Plastic foundation that is
> manufactured
> with complete plastic cells?
 
Al,
 
Don't know if it is the same stuff but there is an ad in the ABJ for
fully drawn plastic comb. Perma Comb Systems, Woodland Hill, CA  Phone
(818)224-2191
 
Don