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Wax foundation

 * ... that modern bees don't make their own honeycomb, but build it off the wax foundation?

Created by Nikola Smolenski (talk). Self nominated at 03:18, 8 November 2013 (UTC).




 * Surely you mean, domesticated bees. Wild bees still make their own. Gigs (talk) 22:11, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg There is a slightly more serious problem present, which is the fact that the article doesn't even explicitly mention that all modern bees use this, only that some do. --Jakob (Scream about the things I've broken) 00:19, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * It is a pun, referencing "considered to be one of the most important inventions in modern beekeeping" line. Perhaps it could be changed to:
 * ALT1:... that modern honeybees don't have to make their own honeycomb, but can build it off the wax foundation?
 * (By the way, there are no wild and domesticated bees; the same species that is kept in the apiaries also lives in the wild.) Nikola (talk) 06:48, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I know what you mean, but I couldn't think of a better word. What I'm saying is that surely there still exist wild colonies that do not use a beekeeper's foundations, right?  If not, that fact would be a much more catchy hook! Gigs (talk) 16:19, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg ALT1 seems ok. AGF offline sources. --Jakob (Scream about the things I've broken) 18:42, 21 November 2013 (UTC)