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Re: Destruction of comb
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Wade <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 14 Sep 2002 15:20:14 -0400
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> When I brought it in, the outer cover was full
> of wax chips and dust, and 8 of the 10 frames
> had had all the honey comb areas eaten away,
> and all the former brood-comb remained...

Here in the midwest, racoons sometimes eat honeycomb right out of a
discarded frame at night. Bees finish off what is left by day leaving
wax cuttings. The end result appears much as you described.


Wade
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