Hi All I recently got given a present from an old lady who once kept bees. She gave me thirty sheets of wax foundation. On closer inspection I saw that the cells were 5.0mm accross. The wax had gone white and was very brittle. I attached it to frames, and then placed it into a single that I made into a double just by moving five frames up into the second brood box and leaving five down, then placing foundation between and feedinng sugar. Within a week (and 6kg's of sugar later) the combs were drawn. Naughty bees: they drew old comb (25 years old) that was the wrong size (our bees only draw 4.8 -4.9 comb reportedly). And what is more there are now 10 frames of big bees that will be hatching around about now and in the nnext few weeks!! Keep well Garth Garth Cambray Camdini Apiaries Grahamstown Apis mellifera capensis Eastern Cape Prov. South Africa Time = Honey Standard Disclaimer applies to this post.