The economy of Turkey is defined as an emerging market economy by the IMF. Turkey is among the world's developed countries according to the CIA World Factbook.
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....
Honeycomb with eggs and larvae. The bees begin to build the comb from the top of each section. When a cell is filled with honey, the bees seal it with wax. Closeup of an abandoned Apis florea nest, Thailand â the hexagonal grid of wax cells on either side of the nest are slightly offset from each other.