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Re: AFB and Plastic Foundation
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T & M Weatherhead <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 30 Sep 1999 06:26:53 PDT
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 Medhat Nasf wrote

 > I would suggest  that gamma irradiation from Cobalt-60 can be used for
 > disinfection of  plastic comb.

 This method has been successfully used in Australia for many years now.  It is
 clean i.e. leaves no residue and is very effective.  Some at Apimondia may
 have caught the talk by Michael Hornotzky about how we deal with AFB in
 Australia.

 Trevor Weatherhead
 AUSTRALIA

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