# Using Beewax Sheets attaching them to new frames? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beekeeping - Basics\ **Tags:** frames, beewax-sheets\ **Created:** [July 10, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-beewax-sheets-attaching-them-to-new-frames/35225 "2023-07-10T05:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clayton\_Ogilvie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/clayton_ogilvie/32/31986_2.png) [@Clayton\_Ogilvie](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Clayton_Ogilvie)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-beewax-sheets-attaching-them-to-new-frames/35225/1 "2023-07-10T05:03:26Z")
I have new frames. I ordered pure beeswax sheets. I took 2 beeswax sheets and mushed/attached to the comb draw wood guide-on each side of the frame. It’s hanging well and I pinched the border of the wax sheets together. The space between the 2 wax sheets were not pushed/pinched together. Is this okay??? Will the bees make it solid and finish these correctly?? I thought this could be better than plastic honeycomb sheets dipped in wax; that my new hive might build on then faster?? ---
**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-beewax-sheets-attaching-them-to-new-frames/35225/2 "2023-07-10T10:40:19Z")
Hi Clayton & welcome to the forum. I’m having trouble picturing what you did. Can you post a photo? Personally I like to fit wax foundation into tightly wired frames. ---
**Author:** ![Clayton\_Ogilvie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/clayton_ogilvie/32/31986_2.png) [@Clayton\_Ogilvie](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Clayton_Ogilvie)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-beewax-sheets-attaching-them-to-new-frames/35225/3 "2023-07-11T02:08:06Z")
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**Author:** ![Dazs\_life](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dazs_life/32/27490_2.png) [@Dazs\_life](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dazs_life)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-beewax-sheets-attaching-them-to-new-frames/35225/4 "2023-07-11T02:38:34Z")
Hi @Clayton_Ogilvie welcome. Curious why you have used two sheets? The bees will draw out both sides of a sheet of wax. I, like many only use one sheet with stainless steel wire for the support. The bees will draw out around the wire. [Link to Frederick Dunn video in wiring and the foundation](https://youtu.be/EIDsbGNfzro) ---
**Author:** ![Clayton\_Ogilvie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/clayton_ogilvie/32/31986_2.png) [@Clayton\_Ogilvie](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Clayton_Ogilvie)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-beewax-sheets-attaching-them-to-new-frames/35225/5 "2023-07-11T03:09:19Z")
Hey I’m not sure lol what I’m doing being a new beekeeper. I thought Bc of the heat being around 100, 1 sheet might melt off the frame so I doubled down and sandwiched them. Will it be okay or did I mess up?? ---
**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-beewax-sheets-attaching-them-to-new-frames/35225/6 "2023-07-11T07:51:44Z")
Hi Clayton, definitely use one sheet. They need to be embedded into the 4 wires that run through the holes in the side bars. Can you get assistance through a bee club? I had an experience with a frame that was fitted with 2 sheets of foundation by accident. I used to sell colonies on an exchange frame basis. It was a frame that someone swapped. Would you believe that the bees made an absolute mess of it, for some reason. We made a video a few years ago, to show what a mess bees can do to foundation that’s not fitted properly. The thing is that we want the bees to produce as many workers as possible on a frame. More workers & less drones. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/f/c/fc607a57b3583919d09803c8054a04ffbbc54663.jpeg "Beekeeping: Wax Foundation Fail.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x59OTquPxo) ---
**Author:** ![Clayton\_Ogilvie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/clayton_ogilvie/32/31986_2.png) [@Clayton\_Ogilvie](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Clayton_Ogilvie)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-beewax-sheets-attaching-them-to-new-frames/35225/7 "2023-07-11T17:15:36Z")
Oh wow great video!!! Thank you very much