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Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 3 Dec 2016 16:44:14 -0500
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I think we have discussed this before but there are several products that can be used to fumigate honey supers including sulfur, ozone, phosphine:

Abstract: Stored supers of honey or extracted comb are susceptible to damage by Small Hive Beetle (SHB), 'Aethina tumida' Murray (Colcoptera: Nitidulidac). Feeding and subsequent fouling by larvae can spoil honey and destroy wax comb (Elzen et al. 1999). Bee keepers are familiar with the use of aluminium phosphide tablets to rid stored comb of wax moth ('Galleria mellionella' L. Lepidoptcra: Pyralidae). Here we describe the effectiveness of this treatment against all life-stages of the SHB. In accordance with label directions, fumigation was conducted during times when ambient temperature exceeded 15 degreesC.

Levot, GW and Haque, NMM. Scientific note: Disinfcstafion of small hive beetle 'Aethina tumida' Murray (Coleoptera: Nihdulidae) infested stored honey comb by phosphine fumigation [online]. General and Applied Entomology: The Journal of the Entomological Society of New South Wales, Vol. 35, 2006:

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