On Sun, 10 Sep 1995, Steven A. Davis wrote: > I am not an experienced beekeeper. But I ve seen plenty of photos of AFB > scale. Never did I see any residue in the cells. I looked particularly > close at those that the wax moths had not (apparently) gotten to yet. What > should I do? On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, Eric Abell <[log in to unmask]> answered: > Don't panic! All is not lost. I, too, once purchased a bunch of supers > and was surprised to find no brood anywhere. It seems the seller had > removed all the brood to hid AFB. > What to do? > Use the equipment ... Hello ! I knew about this problem too ! Really pay attention with AFB ... *No stuff* is too much yet, and enough to get infection ... and TM don't *cure* ! After some experiments, I'm convinced the next cheap *previous treatment* give you more certainty your new (old) equipment works right : Get some "LAURIC ACID" (this cheap, not toxic and chemically stable fatty acid is a very toxic drug to AFB growing: ref 1993 I have not on hand) at a chemical supplier. Dissolve it in ethanol or methanol (methyl alcohol) (I use 2 g/lt of methanol). And dip or paint *all* your suspect equipment with this. I paint the bottoms (2x), the supers (2x the parts where are propolis and wax) and the covers. I dip the frames. The stuff is ready after alcohol is evaporated. This treatment give you each remaining AFB spore coated with a drug toxic for their grow. Hope this helps ! Jean-Marie Long. : 4deg 56' E - Lat. : 50deg 30' N - Alt. : 200 m - North sea : 200 km Really here the summer is finished now ! => cold and wet ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Marie Van Dyck Fax +32 81 72 42 72 B.P. 102 email : [log in to unmask] B-5000 NAMUR(Belgium) Medical school - Biochemistry dept This => C'est ma facon de parler ! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------