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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: kamie on February 20, 2016, 06:41:24 PM

Title: Starter Strips?
Post by: kamie on February 20, 2016, 06:41:24 PM
When I purchased my supplies, i also purchased sheets of foundation  I am now thinking of going foundation less, can i cut up the sheets and use them as starter strips?
Title: Re: Starter Strips?
Post by: Michael Bush on February 20, 2016, 07:31:59 PM
You can.  But wooden strips would be more permanent.  Sell it to someone who wants it... or melt it for candles...
Title: Re: Starter Strips?
Post by: kamie on February 20, 2016, 07:43:14 PM
Thanks, maybe i'll see if someone in my bee class wants to buy it.
Title: Re: Starter Strips?
Post by: chux on February 20, 2016, 08:39:00 PM
If you got wedge top frames, you can glue and nail the wedge in sideways. They will build well off that. If you got grooved topbars, you can glue popsicle sticks in the groove.
Title: Re: Starter Strips?
Post by: Rurification on February 20, 2016, 09:04:33 PM
You can stick those little bamboo skewers in the groove too.  I put a couple in either vertically or diagonally.