At 03:13 PM 7/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Is it really residue free?
>
>It is if you use plastic.

Is this still true if you get plastic with wax coating?  Where to the
various plastic foundation manufactures get their wax for coating the
foundation?

That aside, I've noticed in my new observation hive that the bees drew out
areas of the plastic foundation much faster where there was an accidental
thick layer of wax (instead of the normal thin coat), apparently reforming
and using the thick wax for the cell walls.  If results are favorable when
I try recoating new plastic side by side with normal coated foundation in
normal hives, I may end up going with non-coated plastic foundation, and
simply coat them myself with my own wax which is apistan and checkmite free.

-Tim

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