Hello Jerry,
I just here a story about a beekeeper who bought a large number of hives
that where diseased by American Foul Brood. To kill off all of the spoors in
the wood he built a vat that would hold some of the boxes then boiled them
in paraffin to sterilize them. He then set them up with bees in an isolated
apiary for a couple of years as in quarantine. The hives remained free of
AFB.
 
Regards,
 
 
John Lewis
Fiji
 
Jerry Scott wrote:
 
>         My question is:  Since I don't know the guy who owned these
> boxes and why he stop keeping bee's (ie: did they all die off), is there
> anything else I should be concerned about or do with these boxes before
> using them.  I didn't know if any germs or mite treatment to the wood
> should be done, other than washing them.  Which bring up, I was just
> going to use dish soap in water to wash them, like I would wash my car.
> Should I use some special Bee soap (if anything like that exists.
>         Any opinions would be helpful and really appreciated.
>
> Thanks to all and Merry Christmas.
>
> Jerry Scott
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