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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....
Just be aware that if you eat -too much- comb that you may, uh, experience digestive issues. posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 6:23 PM on August 1, 2010. You can also chew it up and spit it out the way rtha does it. After you do that, melt the wax down in a pan and burn off the excess spittle to make your own beeswax candle.