Ian Watson writes: >... plastic foundation ... if you ... suspect American Foulbrood, then > all you have to do is scrape off the comb, scorch the box and it > *should* be safe to re-use the equipment.because the > scale that the Foulbrood leaves behind is attached to the bottom > of the cell.....not the midrib as I had mistakenly thought. I would not be so cavalier. The reason you scorch the box is because there may be spores on surfaces other than the combs. I would be more suspect of the post-scraping plastic foundation before I would be of the hive boxes. Aaron Morris - thinking don't cut corners!