The economy of Turkey is defined as an emerging market economy by the IMF. Turkey is among the world's developed countries according to the CIA World Factbook.
And when one of these hives do die off, the comb is sometimes damaged by wax moths or even mice. But not the wax foundation. You can scrape down any bad comb to the plastic foundation and the bees will draw out the comb once more. A huge savings in time rewiring wax, and no costs for additional foundation. As a side note....
Hives found to have inadequate stores of honey should be fed. Feed diluted honey (80%. honey to 20% water), or sugar syrup at a 2 sugar to I water ratio. Colonies found to have low. populations, (<2 frames of bees), can be combined with strong colonies.