>
> >By the way, when burning hives to control foulbrood, plastic frames are a
> nightmare. A nightmare which pales in comparison with the thought of
> burning
> up entire Styrofoam hives. Does anyone know how to disinfect these?


My county has strict burning rules due to poor air quality.  Burning of
plastics is prohibited.  The smoke from burning plastic frames is nasty when
the fire doesn't get enough oxygen.

According to research by Dr Mark Goodwin, AFB can be sterilized by a 20
minute soak in 0.5% sodium hypochlorite.  By my calcs, that's roughly 1 part
6% ultra bleach to 10 parts water.  I don't know about rinsing, but I'm
sending him an email now to find out.

Randy Oliver

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