American Foul Brood? Help from the Forum

[Dawn_SD]

@Geoff_S

There is the option to have the Flowhive and Flow Frames irradiated

I believe that if your region accepts it, you can also soak them in a chlorine bleach solution. Here is the quote from Flow:

@Faroe

Bleach treatment:

In some jurisdictions, it is acceptable to use bleach to sterilise AFB contaminated hive components. Research has shown that immersion for twenty minutes in a solution of 0.5% sodium hypochlorite kills AFB spores and other bacteria. The solution must be in direct contact with the spores. It is, therefore, necessary to remove wax and other debris prior to sterilisation (see above cleaning options).

So if you can’t irradiate, you can consider bleach, but you will have to clean the frames of all wax first…