>Why not use plastic foundation like Dadant's Plasticell?
>Wax foundation, except for comb honey, is a thing of the past.
>  George Imirie

Hey George, good to hear from you again.

I do use plastic waxed foundation in my new medium supers, and find it
suitable. It is easy to install, and I don't have to do any wiring.

In some cases, I still like to use wax foundation...namely new frames going
in  4 frame nucs, mini-nucs, and breeder boxes. Weaker colonies like these
draw wax foundation out more quickly, and evenly than they do plastic.

         In any event, I would still follow the same plan when supering
with any type foundation. Wait for the flow. By putting the super of
foundation on after the bees are already working in a super, or two, seems
to work best here. We have a much longer flow than you do, so waiting until
the first supers are being filled well doesn't necessarily mean that we're
near the end of the flow. Our flows continue well into September some
years. We don't really need expensive feeding, to get the foundation drawn out.

Thanks for the tip, George. I always welcome your advice.

Mike...Ahh Vermont...the land of milk and honey  :-)