Hi Allen & All,

> FWIW, we tried some plastic 4.9 foundation that Dee kindly sent us.  It
> didn't work out too well, but that was our fault.
>

Dee also sent some to me to trial. Nothing I did made them draw it. I think
it may have had something to do with the vanilla that was put on at the
manufacturers that the bees did not like. Maybe I should have bathed the
foundation first but I did not. From what I understand when it was first
made they put vanilla on it to hide the smell of the fresh plastic, this
turned out to be a mistake on their part and that was stopped before it was
put on the market. It probably was not your fault that the bees would not
draw it but the vanilla instead.

Dee, please correct me if I am incorrect about the vanilla.

 . ..   Keith Malone, Chugiak, Alaska USA, http://www.cer.org/,
c(((([ , Apiarian, http://takeoff.to/alaskahoney/,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Norlandbeekeepers/ ,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ApiarianBreedersGuild/

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