How would you clean a used hive?

[Cox]

Just wondering as some one has recommended steaming rather than torching.

 

[For want of a better word]

Polly hives get dipped in a steralising fluid... would like to use gamma radiation, but can not as yet afford the plant!

Best thing to do with a wood hive is to torch it

 

[WelshPaul]

I torch my stuff if I do a change over.

 

[DanBee]

Lots of useful guidance on Beebase.

 

[Outlander]

Some might say it's a bit over the top but I scrub them with a solution of washing soda and bleach, rinse in cold water then when dry torch.

 

[user 6228]

Polly hives get dipped in a steralising fluid... would like to use gamma radiation, but can not as yet afford the plant!

Best thing to do with a wood hive is to torch it

and sprinkle the ashes on the roses

 

[Luminos]

and sprinkle the ashes on the roses

 

[MandF]

Some might say it's a bit over the top but I scrub them with a solution of washing soda and bleach, rinse in cold water then when dry torch.

That's a bit over the top.

 

[Luminos]

That's a bit over the top.

What's the point of all that washing, bleaching and rinsing if you're going to torch it?

 

[mbc]

10 mins in liquid paraffin wax kills most things and preserves the boxes.

 

[Russel]

Polly hives get dipped in a steralising fluid... would like to use gamma radiation, but can not as yet afford the plant!

Best thing to do with a wood hive is to torch it

Is Hinkley Point or Winfirth too far, might still be some water butts there but then again your hives might glow in the dark!

 

[pargyle]

Is Hinkley Point or Winfirth too far, might still be some water butts there but then again your hives might glow in the dark!

'Glowing beehive with cluster of bees' - Jacqui Alexander ~ Sadly already sold !

 

[user 6228]

Polly hives get dipped in a steralising fluid... would like to use gamma radiation, but can not as yet afford the plant!

Best thing to do with a wood hive is to torch it

I have neighbours that could do that for me... getting the hive in past the guards might be a problem

 

[For want of a better word]

Is Hinkley Point or Winfirth too far, might still be some water butts there but then again your hives might glow in the dark!

Would add a new dimension to Nuc !