>Yes, you can do this assembly without any thought about waxmoths.  They only
> get into finished honeycomb, and that only if it has pollen or bee cocoons in
> it.
 
In our experience this is not strictly correct. In the past we have found
trails through drawn foundation of honeycomb that was commpletely clean and
unused.
        The only way you can prevent wax moth damage in wax, is to keep the
moths away from the wax in the first place.
 
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