Garth asks: Also the naphthanate - how much do you find you use??
 
Garth,
 A quick dip in copper naphthanate after assembly  ought to do it.  Let dry
a day or two depending on conditions.
 What’s great is your wood won’t warp or split if dry when you paraffin it!
250°F.=121°C.  If you don’t have a thermometer, a stick of wood inserted
should immediately begin to bubble as air and moisture expand from the wood
pores.  I use a telescoping cover wedged in above the super or other
equipment to hold it under the surface
 Wood is sterilized and won’t dry rot either.  Upon removal hot from barrel
or vat, paraffin is sucked into the pores of the wood.  Some surface
weathering does occur.  Do not do a fast dip, as a slippery surface causes
supers to slide!  Only hot wood sucks the paraffin in fully.
 Hot paraffin also cleans excluders in a hurry, and turns propolis to a
crisp, which brushes or scrapes off quickly.  Propolis sinks to the bottom
of the vat and leaves a telltale stain which lets you know what has been
treated, as will running your nail over the surface, raising a bit of
paraffin.  I treat everything wooden but the frames.
Charles F. Andros
 
Former NH/VT Apiary Inspector '78-’89
 
Linden Apiaries
 
1 McLean Road
 
POB 165
 
Walpole, NH
 
03608-0165 USA/EUA
 
603-756-9056 phone/fax if notified by phone
 
email: [log in to unmask]
 
Residence: Latitude: 43° 05’ North, Longitude: 72° 21’ 15" West
 
Keeper of 41 two-queen colonies for honey, pollen, propolis, pollination,
nuclei, beeswax, apitherapy, and education.