Hi Mike,
Research by Dr Orantes-Bermejo in Spain indicates that heat treatment does not remove the miticides.  Normal melting would likely kill most parasite spores, other than AFB.  However, wax-encapsulated spores of AFB do not appear to be very infective.
Randy Oliver

Hi Randy,
Talk about coincidences.  Seemed like the very next post addressed my question about miticides (chemical contamination) being affected by sterilizing temperatures.   But, if the cappings from extracted frames were used, this would likely incorporate minimal, if that is possible, contamination by beekeeper applied pesticides or agriculturally applied pesticides.  
Wax-encapsulated spores - It would seem to me that even encapsulated spores, if affected by sterilizing temperatures and pressures, would still be effectively sterilized.  Sterilizing temperatures should not be affected by encapsulation other than by the thickness of the encapsulating material and its insulating properties.  

Mike in LA (Lower Alabama)



      

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