David Wade, Beekeeper

Adding Beeswax to Make Honeycomb- A New Discovery

PCBA Club House, February 25 at the Hanson Club House

Dave has been a hobby beekeeper in Sturbridge, MA for 19 years.  His article on his wax adding method to build comb was published in the June 2025 edition of American Bee Journal.  Dave will also be presenting at the American Beekeeping Federation annual conference and trade show in January 2026, in Mobile, AL.  He will demonstrate how he got his bees to build comb by adding rolled up pieces of wax as a method to get the bees to build comb or to get the bees to complete construction on partially built out frames through late season August and September of 2024. The bees built honey frames and brood frames. He will also discuss his 2025 spring experiment using six package hives to see if they build out stronger and faster when provided with wax rolls.