> 5. 'Cedar' wood for additional rot resistance for beekeeping items.
(Most
> old rot resistance beekeeping parts were made of cypress, which was called
> 'cedar' in the south. Cypress is no longer available, and most wood sold
as
> 'cedar' is really red cedar, which is no more rot resistant than fir or
> hemlock.)
Maybe we are talking about a different species of cedar but red cedar also
know as aromatic cedar was used as fence post years ago. Some are still in
use more than 50 years later.
I dont know of any commercially produced woodenware made of red cedar, maybe
Lloyd meant western cedar.
Marc Studebaker
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