Seems that I stand corrected ...
Mmmmm... my poor use of wording has led you astray LJ?
I should have put... " the bees seem intent on removing any comb
attached to fishing line"???
Likewise ... when I wrote "I don't remember
anyone ever suggesting ..." - should have written "
I've personally never suggested ..."
I'm really surprised to learn that nylon fishing line has been recommended for supporting foundation. Even in the above video - if you read the comments - one person was describing foundation 'cut-away' way back in 2009.
In my experience, bees will only incorporate nylon fishing line if they have zero alternative options. Don't know exactly what it is that they don't like about it - but they don't.
Here's a typical example of one of my 'good' foundationless fishing-line combs:
And for anyone with poor eyesight such as mine - here's a better shot of the line:
But this is what happens occasionally, usually in small areas:
and
But sometimes it can get really bad - this is the worst I've seen:
Whether being off-centre caused this, or whether the line's presence caused the comb to be drawn off-centre in the first place - who knows ? Who cares ? The bottom line is that I found fishing-line to be an unpredictable method, and so started using skewers, thusly:
I'm not saying that's anything like a 'good' comb, but simply that using skewers produces a predictable structure - I'd still like to improve the aesthetic appearance if possible.
As you know, I'm currently trialling all-round wax starters on mating-nuc frames, and if this proves successful, then I'll try the same technique on full-sized frames to see if foundationless frames without any reinforcement whatsoever is realistic. If so, then that would be the perfect solution (for brood combs).
LJ