Garth <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
 
>.........
> An alternative to the hardwoods is a system that a beekeeping friend
> of mine in nearby Port Elizabeth uses (he has 300 hives of this type)
> is to submerge pine (cheap pithy wood) in creosote and then leave the
> boxes stacked up against a wall in the sun for six months to air.
>........
 
Creosote is totally banned here (Norway) for any use whatsoever as it
is claimed to be carcinogenic!
 
Cheers Tony
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Anthony N Morgan,
Forsteammanuensis
Institutt for Elektroteknikk
Hogskolen i Sor-Trondelag
N-7005 Trondheim, Norway
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