A Good Foundation

Wax foundation

It's been a long time since bees were kept in the hives I was given. While there was some drawn out comb in the frames, actual comb the bees built and used for brood and food stores, the comb was old and brittle and could not be used. Last Sunday while the kids and I painted, Mike scraped all the old comb out and cleaned the frames.

With the frames empty Mike and I set to installing wax foundation. I received a box of wax foundation along with other miscellaneous bee equipment.

I want to go on record as having been advised to melt all the wax foundation into blocks and sell the blocks at $15 a pound and then use the money to go buy plastic foundation.

I could not do it. I had the wax, bees make wax, wax makes sense. The foundation give the bees a head start, a good foundation.

Mike installing a foundation pin

Wax foundation and foundation pin

The happy bee keeper and her frame of foundation

Two full boxes of frames were made ready tonight. Big shout out to my man who has taken on the roll of Apiary Apprentice!  Now all we need are bees.

Peace,
Karen