Hi Barry & All,

> Scott Mc Pherson suggested that bees don't always accept plastic
> foundation such as Pierco, but the combs both Pierco and wax were fully
> drawn several years ago, and were used for rearing brood annually before
> patches were chewed bare, and all have always been in the brood nest.
> The hives face north, and the bare areas seem to be randomly distributed
> through the brood nest.
>

Are you certain that this is not mouse or rodent damage occurring.

 . ..   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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