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Another crazy idea I had and wondering if you guys think that it is any effective, as an alternative to scorching frames: what if I put the frames in an oven at say 250 degrees Celsius for maybe 5 min? Guess I would melt any remaining wax or propolis and kill bacteria?

I see. So is it fine to bury the wax then?

Thanks. I didn’t know honeybees could dig 1 metre down to collect/rob wax

Was thinking of no more than 1 metre, in my garden; would this be good enough and if not then why not? Thanks

What if I buried the old wax deep dow in my garden instead of burning? Would that be ok?

[ Thanks; is this to help with sac brood?

Just in case it was foul brood?

So if the colony was vey weak, had a bit of sac brood and possibly no nosema, what’s the reason behind the recommendation of burning the frames to ash?

Bee defecation on the face of only one of the frames so I’m assuming it could have been nosema but didn’t get it tested as they died before my following inspection

Thanks So just to clarify, please - by bonfire you mean destroying them and not just scorching. I wouldn’t reuse the drawn combs but thought that the frames could still be used

A colony in my poly nuc died and I spotted a bit of nosema and sac brood. Practically It would be virtually impossible for me to do the boiling method. What’s the best alternatives to the boiling method? Wondering if I cleaned them with warm water & washing soda first and then scorched them I...

A friend had a cast on her garden and another friend helped her put into a Correx boxes earlier. This friend is going to take said cast to another site tonight less than 2 miles away. They are wondering whether to open the box tomorrow night (with a load of grass stuffed in the entrance so they...

That’s very helpful; thank you all for your replies

Many thanks for that. Where does one buy a 303 bullet? I’m assuming it’s a used one

Thanks! I’m aware that for AFB the recommendation is burn everything, but do you know if bleach would destroy any potential EFB or is this treatment only efficient against the other pathogens?

Many thanks! Which Cillit Bang: Power Spray Bleach & Hygiene, Black Mould Remover or any other?

Thanks! Please keep us posted if you do try it again!

Thanks. As I understand it Roger Paterson doesn’t use an MJT cell punch but since you saw him using a cell punch, what exactly does he use? Is it something we could do/make it ourselves?

Just bought a second hand Snelgrove board and paranoid about EFB as I am, I thought I’d scorch the board before using it. However, I’ve never done this before and don’t have a blow torch. So I was looking on Amazon and was wondering if a professional kitchen cooking torch would do? Also, any...

In my first full April inspection I’ve noticed that one my colonies lost many bees to starvation. So now I have 2 brood combs with dead bees stuck inside the cells. I took them home abs started plucking the bees out one by one. However, was this the optimum thing to do? Should I have left the...