This is very true.  I know of an individual that takes his queen excluders
to the car wash... I wouldn't want to be him when the owner catches him.   I
usually clean my frames when they are warm.  I use my hive tool to scrape
off the wax.  The bees will square things away after that.

BeeFarmer
Getting Kids involved in 4H Beekeeping
http://www.homestead.com/BeeKeepers/Opening.html

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From: "Kim Flottum" <[log in to unmask]>


> A friend, who keeps bees, owns a car wash, and reads this list once told
me
> the havoc the above activity caused his business...the wax doesn't
dissolve,
> go away or anything other than plug the drains.