foundation questions for the new guy

[catfishbill]

hello yall.i'm about to purchase some more frames and foundation.but still trying to stay on a buget.is it better to buy wax with wire,or pierco/wax rite/plastic with wax on it.most of them will be for the medium supers.i have been shopping at all the big suppliers and as much as i want to build my own the man lake pre assembled wood frames really looks like a good deal.any reports on them.thanks in advance.bill

[dpence]

You can ask fifteen different people and get fifteen different answers.  I use wax coated plasticell and rite-cell with good luck in the hive bodies.  In some the supers I use solid wax foundation simple because we have people who want only comb honey.  Frames that I put in the extractor are only plasticell.  I don't build my own frames just everything else when possible.  I buy a box of 50 at a time, and assemble them myself.   Mann-lake or Dadant can fix you up with frames. 

David

[CBEE]

Budget..  :shock:  Let the bees build their own comb on foundationless frames.. you wont get any cheaper than that..  :-D

[JP]

Plasticell in mediums for honey harvest is what I use, if you want just liquid honey.


.....JP

[metzelplex]

     I  have used both wax and plasticell and now I just use wax coated plasticell from dadant  I buy 100 at a time for .80 cents a piece they pop in real easy and fast and you can do 100 in no time I don't sell comb honey so this works for me I've also never had plasticell frames fall apart in the extractor hope this helps.           metzelplex

[Michael Bush]

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesfoundationless.htm
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesfaqs.htm#foundation

[catfishbill]

thanks for the help.bill

[CBEE]

Hey bill.... You like catfish ?

[catfishbill]

yes we do.we usually fry or grill it.but,i'll take a fried crappie over any of it!

[CBEE]

Yea,, Gotta agree.. Wont be long before the big crappie are hitting here. Guys are still catching sauger and walleye on the river here when its in good enough shape. They are darn good eating too.. OK now I'm hungry  :-D