Building Honey Supers

If you were a honey bee ~ would you want to make your honey comb on plastic or wax that smells sweet & yummy??? Well, of course the answer is wax !!!

It was time for me to build the honey super boxes ~ paint them fun colors ~ and assemble the frames that hold the wax foundation. And thinking of my bees and their preferences, I bought wax foundation. It is quite the process to build the frames ~ gluing the parts together, nailing them for strength and then gently inserting the wax. The foundation is embossed with the hexagon shape and this becomes their guide as they build their honey comb. The wax is held in place with small metal pins.
But honestly, these little girls can build perfectly shaped hexagon honey comb all on their own ~ this just speeds up the process for them.


The orange box is one of their medium honey supers and I'm working on building the frames/foundation. The other picture is a close-up of their honey comb.