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Tom Speight <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 3 Dec 1998 18:38:58 +0000
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>Can anyone tell me if you can apply vaseline where the frames rest in
>the supers and brood chambers to keep the frames from getting
>propolised?  Is there any harm to having vaseline actually inside the
>hive?
No harm at all. Vaseline new frames when made up, let it absorb into the
wood and the bees won't(?) build brace comb. The (?) is because I find
it fatal to say bees 'won't do anything'.
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Tom S

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