Trevor, to add to your point "3" on the dry and wet heat:

Only with the wet heat as you called can transport (conduct) the applied
heat well, the dry heat does not conduct the heat as well to the spore.

A practical example is what you will experience in a sauna that is first
heated up to let's say 80 degr. Celcius without any added moisture. In this
sauna condition anyone can stick it out for a long time, but as soon as
water is dripped on the heater (or stones in/on the heater) things change,
the relative humidity in the sauna quickly rises and many people will soon
have to flee from the sauna since they can't bare the heat anymore. The
temperature was the same all the time, but the conductive medium "water"
dramatically changed the effect on your body.
Also, a person that just comes from the shower and enters the sauna feels
the heat much more than a dry person who enters the same sauna.
Sweatty persons that enter a sauna should be sent back straightaway, they
should clean themselves first!

Ron van Mierlo

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Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Vs: Re: [BEE-L] Propolis and AFB


> 1.....
> 2......
> 3.  It is known that when wax is processed with water, that wet heat will
> kill the AFB spores quicker than dry heat.  It seems that the wet heat e.g.
> steam, will soften the outer casing of the spore and allow easier killing
> than the dry heat which seems to harden the outer casing and thus protect
> the inside of the spore.  So if wax is melted in boiling water, then it has
> a greater chance of killing the spores.
>
> Trevor Weatherhead

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