> Bullet point permanent marker - I put initials and date on every top bar - I also date every frame put in service in the same manor. Thanks for the post Peter E. as reminded me that after we rubber stamp the bee farm name , state and city we write the date placed in service on the comb when the comb is placed in service . Not the date assembled as new comb is always on hand in case needed and at times might sit for a few years. We never kept wired wax around as the foundation became hard & brittle over time but now I use waxed hard plastic foundation ( not duragilt) so I have pallets of both brood and extracting sitting around in case needed. I think bees draw the comb better on all wax ( especially when you order extra thick wax sheets from the maker) but for the commercial beekeeper waxed hard plastic is hard to beat. I still do not care for the all plastic frame but many of my friends do. I prefer a wood frame (grooved top and bottom) and a waxed ( best done with my wax) hard plastic foundation. tip: Watch budget grade grooved top & bottom frames as some are budget because they are cut wrong and plastic foundation will keep falling out. However once drawn most ( not all) will work nicely. A couple well placed nails will usually solve the problem. However I bought around a thousand extracting budget frames once and ALL had to wide a spacing. A real pain and many blew out in high speed extracting. I would have spotted the problem early but my help did not. I ended up with a couple pallets of fully drawn extracting frames with problems. Bummer and costly. I have never purchased budget frames since. bob *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L