You can and it will kill those AFB spores IT GETS IN CONTACT WITH. That's 
the rub there is so much wax and propolis on woodwork that you cannot use a 
soaking chemical to kill all the spores. The trouble with using Milton to 
sterilise the metal work (queen excluders, hive tools etc is that the 
hypochlorous acid will corrode it.
A coating such as the paraffin wax and rosin mix will coat the spores and 
prevent the bees getting at them.
Neither is as good as burning and burying the ashes deep.
Ruary
> Why can't I use Milton - the stuff they sterilize babys' bottles with ?

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