Hi All
 
I recently got given a present  from an old lady who  once kept
bees. She gave me thirty sheets of wax foundation.
 
On closer inspection I saw that the cells were 5.0mm accross. The wax
had gone white and was very brittle. I attached it to frames, and
then placed it into a single that I made into a double just by moving
five frames up into the second brood box and leaving five down, then
placing foundation between and feedinng sugar. Within a week (and
6kg's of sugar later) the combs were drawn.
 
Naughty bees: they drew old comb (25 years old) that was the wrong
size (our bees only draw 4.8 -4.9 comb reportedly). And what is more
there are now 10 frames of big bees that will be hatching around
about now and in the nnext few weeks!!
 
Keep well
 
Garth
Garth Cambray           Camdini Apiaries
Grahamstown             Apis mellifera capensis
Eastern Cape Prov.
South Africa
 
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