Project Description
Rite-Cell Plastic Bee Foundation
Our plastic foundation is molded from food grade plastic and coated with beeswax. They are ready to use, just put into your frames. Wax moth damage? No problem! Simply scrape the damage off and put them back on for the bees to clean up. Pull them from the box and put them right into your frames and onto your bees.
Rite-Cell® foundations easily slips into your grooved top frame. Deeper cell depth, and heavy weight plastic makes this an economical option for your hive bodies. Holds up to extracting and wax moths cannot damage. Requires no reinforcement
**If you are using medium boxes for brood chambers, we recommend the Black Rite-Cell foundation so that you can see eggs and developing larvae better with the contrasting colors.
- Requires no reinforcement
- Slips easily into a groove top frame
- Sharper cell edges for quick acceptance
- Wax moths cannot damage
- Deeper cell depth with highest definition
- Textured cell interior
- Heavy weight plastic holds up to extracting
Shallow Honey Super Foundation: Use with 5 5/8″ Shallow Honey Supers Frames and 5 3/8″ Shallow Grooved Top & Bottom Bar Frames.
Medium Honey Super Foundation size: Use with 6 5/8″ Medium Honey Super and 6 1/4″ Medium Grooved Top & Bottom Bar Frames.
Deep Hive Body Foundation size: Use with 9 5/8″ Deep Hive Bodies and 9 1/8″ Deep Grooved Top & Bottom Bar Frames.
Black Foundation is typically used in the brood box so that it is easier to see brood (baby bees). The white plastic foundation can be used in the honey supers to keep them separate from frames that have been treated with medication.
