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Subject:	Re: Drawing Too Much New Comb
From:	allen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jul 2013 11:24:08 -0400
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>> Read it here: Comb Management: National Management Survey 2010-2011
>> http://beeinformed.org/2012/05/national-management-survey-2010-2011-release-comb-management/

 > Then my practise of misting old comb before re-use with 1/4
> cup vinegar and bleach is more for me thinking I'm doing something
> good for my bees than for actually killing creepy crawlies in the
> comb??

Yes.  I think so.

Exposure to air and sunlight -- as long as it does not melt the comb --
does far more good IMO.

Nonetheless, many think the misting does some good.

What is the official word, folks?

Is there one?

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