Has anyone on the list had experience of using either or both of these
named products on wooden beekeeping equipment?  I ask because I have a
beekeepers Co-operative on the Island of St.Kitts in the Caribbean that I
am trying to help get started in beekeeping and they have a serious problem
with termites in the wet season.  Unpainted and untreated wood doesnt make
it thru one season.  They asked  say they have a product known as Cuprinol
or Cupranol that came in an unmarked  container which does not state the
ingredients but state that other beekeepers on adjacent island of Nevis
have been using it for ten years.  I have gone on the internet and found
that there are both Cuprinol and Cupranol.  The latter is an oil based
solution containing copper or zinc napthanate or both and after extensive
search cannot find anything that states the composition of Cuprinol but do
know that it is used as an outside wood preservative.  The people in St.
Kitts are applying it to interior and exterior of all the wooden ware and
then painting the exterior surface with an oil based paint.  Does anyone on
the list have any experience with the above products?  Does anyone have any
termite experience and any other ways to treat for them that would not be
harmful to honeybees?
Thanks in advance for any help with this problem.  Paul LeRoy-President
Lakelands Beekeepers Association-West Central South Carolina.