Hello all

One of the great things about using plastic foundation is that if
you have a dead colony and 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.  This is because the
scale that the Foulbrood leaves behind is attached to the bottom
of the cell.....not the midrib as I had mistakenly thought.

Is my thinking correct?  Comments welcome.

Ian Watson


> We have discussed this for a long time on this list and there are many
excellent
> articles in our logs expressing several different points of view.  Some
people
> say burn or melt, others say treat with oxytetracycline, and others say
breed
> bees that can stand AFB.