wax foundation
... that in modern beekeeping, bees don't make their own honeycomb, but build it off the wax foundation?
... that in modern beekeeping, bees don't make their own <a href="./Honeycomb" id="mwAxk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Honeycomb">honeycomb</a>, but build it off the <b id="mwAxo"><a href="./Wax_foundation" id="mwAxs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wax foundation">wax foundation</a></b>?