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Re: The one where we taught AnnaS to speak proply
"proply" reminded me of a word I haven't heard for a very long time. I used to keep bees. The bees are very careful not to leave any empty spaces in the hive, in which moths that destroy the wax comb may breed. They leave just enough room for worker bees to get through, and fill up any extra space with a mixture of pine or other resins mixed with wax, called "propolis". Sometimes this causes the sections of the hive or the frames that hold the honeycomb to adhere to each other, making it difficult to remove the honey containing boxes without a frame from section below being removed. This makes the bees very angry, and I used to get a lot of stings this way.
For a URL about bee hives, boxes, frames, etc.
http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/bkCD/equipment/hive_equip.htm#plans
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