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Re: Hive Coatings
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Gordon Scott <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 21 Feb 1997 21:39:20 +0000
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On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Marie E. Thorp wrote:
 
>    #2. Hot Parafin
>           Usually purchased from candle mfg. companys.
 
Immersion in hot parafin wax is also one of the few treatments
that the UK authorities allow for sterilisation of AFB exposed
equipment. AFB is treated very seriously here, it's a notifiable
disease, -- colonies are burned and hive bodies etc. must
be sterilised by high heat or gamma irradiation. Fortunately
(and consequentially) we don't have very much AFB in the UK.
 
Regards,
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