On Tue, 3 Feb 1998 14:42:14 -0500, Conrad Sigona wrote:
 
>>     I have a few months before my bees get here and was wondering if
>> soaking or washing the frames with Chlorine bleach would be safe. I
>> would then put the frames outside to dry. I would think that the smell
>> of the bleach would be gone after a few weeks if not days.
>>    What more do I need to do to insure that there is nothing alive in
>> this old stuff so I can use it this spring? I have new frames but would
>> like to re-use the old ones as I have 100 or more.
>
>I don't like the bleach part. When the bleach dries, the crystalline
>solid will still be in the wood and turn to bleach again when it gets
>damp. You'll have to rinse it a lot to make sure the bleach is gone.
>
>Conrad Sigona
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 Also bleach dosen't destroy American Foulbrood spores, personial expericence
has showed me that you will be wasting your time if that was your intention. A good
scorching will be better if the frames were exposed to A.F.