Bill Truesdell wrote:
        >Does the process that converts used wax to foundation kill off the
AFB?

        This is what I was hoping to get at.  Assuming for the sake of
argument that viable AFB spores can occur in wax, a suitable combination of
temperature and time will presumably kill them before the wax is rolled
into fndn.
                But we won't know what T-t to use unless measurements are
made along the lines I've pointed out.

R

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Robt Mann
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