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And when one of these hives do die off, the comb is sometimes damaged by wax moths or even mice. But not the wax foundation. You can scrape down any bad comb to the plastic foundation and the bees will draw out the comb once more. A huge savings in time rewiring wax, and no costs for additional foundation. As a side note....
They drink nectar from flowers, put it in a honey sac inside their body and come back to the hive. The bees give nectar and pollen to other bees in the hive. They chew it and make honey and bees wax out of it. They put the honey in the hive for the larvae to eat. They also keep enemies away from the hive.