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Gosh, I'm full of questions these days!
My package bees have been drawing out the frames for their brood boxes (10 frame deeps).
The comb is pretty irregular, building off the face, etc. especially around where the queen's cage is. I pulled off as much burr comb/extra comb as was possible, but not all.
The most concerning thing is that this is on a variety of foundation, plasticell and duragilt mostly, and they are eating the wax off the edges to build in the middle. This leaves really smooth plastic in some cases that I doubt they will be able to draw.
Is there anything that can be done at this point? How do I fix this mess?
Thanks in advance, elizabeth

My package bees have been drawing out the frames for their brood boxes (10 frame deeps).
The comb is pretty irregular, building off the face, etc. especially around where the queen's cage is. I pulled off as much burr comb/extra comb as was possible, but not all.
The most concerning thing is that this is on a variety of foundation, plasticell and duragilt mostly, and they are eating the wax off the edges to build in the middle. This leaves really smooth plastic in some cases that I doubt they will be able to draw.
Is there anything that can be done at this point? How do I fix this mess?
Thanks in advance, elizabeth