In message <00a401c2a177$785965a0$68ac58d8@BusyBeeAcres>, Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]> writes >>Reading the information just posted about dipping woodenware in 160 >degree >paraffin for 10-15 minutes as being a treatment for AFB makes >me wonder. > >160 F. will not kill AFB spores. It is 160C? I have found this translation error before when degrees are mentioned in most of the world they are Celsius. Some US writers forget this and presume degrees are Fahrenheit. I have seen a recipe for a beeswax based ointment requiring that the container be sterilised at 40 degrees. This is a two-way translation from 100C to 100F converted back to 40C (near enough). I had a job convincing the person attempting the sterilization that the printed word was incorrect in this instance. -- James Kilty