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Aaron Morris <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Jul 2004 09:12:36 -0400
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>> You'll be off the treadmill and you'll have
>> renewed frames.
>
> Aaron, not sure what you mean here, since you will still have to burn
> the frames. My guess is you mean that you will start fresh
> with new frames.

Yes, you still have to burn infected frames.  Read Phillips at the Mann
Library.  I didn't rewrite what he wrote so well.

> radiation) to sterilize the frames and boxes
> few states have the facilities
True.  See http://www.steris.com/isomedix/facility.cfm

> and they are really
> only good for those who have lots of infected
> equipment, such as commercial operations.
Or if many beekeepers pool equipment to fill a run at the facility.  That
has been done many years at the facility in Worcester, Mass.

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