Hive wood treatment once and for all!

[Hivemaker.]

proper creosote is no longer available

Yes it is.

 

[yeogi75]

it was being replaced fifteen years ago , as some of the ingredients were cancer causing like engine oil which we used to mix with it , what is the name of it now cause I cannot get hold of any,

 

[pargyle]

it was being replaced fifteen years ago , as some of the ingredients were cancer causing like engine oil which we used to mix with it , what is the name of it now cause I cannot get hold of any,

Creosote !

Sorry ... Easily available - try ebay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/272104949169

 

[chrisb]

you have to be a business, if they supply to general public they are liable to prosecution. so are general public who are found using it.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/copr/creosote.htm

its good stuff but nasty and stinks like mad. once a month I'sh we have to give the barrels a shake up to stop things settling

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

proper creosote is no longer available

This year's Royal Welsh spring fair.

 

[Obee1]

I absoloutely love the smell of genuine creosote . Am tempted to buy a can just to sit and sniff.

 

[Millet]

I absoloutely love the smell of genuine creosote . Am tempted to buy a can just to sit and sniff.

haha, what ever you do do not get it in your eyes or on your skin when the sun is shining.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

you have to be a business, if they supply to general public they are liable to prosecution. so are general public who are found using it.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/copr/creosote.htm

its good stuff but nasty and stinks like mad. once a month I'sh we have to give the barrels a shake up to stop things settling

Somehow eBay suppliers don't have your scruples