Hi,
        I wanted to bound this off all of you since I really don't know
what I'm doing yet.
        I managed to be given a bunch of brood boxes and supers with
frames from a friend of a friend who stopped doing bee's several years
ago.  These boxes and frames have been barn loft kept for several years.
        I thought it would be save to use them because the wood is all
still in really good shape.  I was going to wash them and then repaint
them (just the outside of the box not the inside of the boxes, did read
that in a book).
        My question is:  Since I don't know the guy who owned these
boxes and why he stop keeping bee's (ie: did they all die off), is there
anything else I should be concerned about or do with these boxes before
using them.  I didn't know if any germs or mite treatment to the wood
should be done, other than washing them.  Which bring up, I was just
going to use dish soap in water to wash them, like I would wash my car.
Should I use some special Bee soap (if anything like that exists.
        Any opinions would be helpful and really appreciated.
 
Thanks to all and Merry Christmas.
 
Jerry Scott
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