Hi all
Is there a safe way to clean American Foulbrood disease from Pierco
frames? Yesterday while leading an apiary field trip into a club members
Apiary, I Discovered AFB in the largest strongest colony in the
apiary(it always seems to hit the strongest hives). The other hives show
no symptoms. The normal procedure to eradicate this disease is: kill
bees, and burn every thing in a pit, then cover the ashes. The only
exception has been for the hive bodies, tops and bottom boards to be
scraped clean and flame scorched. However in the case of plastic Pierco
frames can they be safely salvaged?
 
Best wishes
Stan
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