Hi Folks,
Last winter I cleaned up a lot of old frames in preparation for the coming seasons. Some of the frames that were steamed had plastic foundation and obviously the sheets had to be removed before the steaming process. The comb was quickly scraped back to the foundation surface and then stored in a pile in the shed. The plan was to give the foundation a good clean in the spring just before placing it into boxes for swarms to clean up and draw out new comb. Due to the poor, dry spring, the bees struggled and didn?t build up as they usually do. I took no honey at all from my home yard and many of the hives are lacking any winter stores. The 20 or so sheets of foundation sat on a box and were not cleaned, moved or examined until this afternoon. Here is a shot of how the pile looked. You may notice the wax layer on the top sheet. This was one that I had cleaned up and rolled some cappings wax onto about 6 weeks ago but didn?t use it.