Subject: Wood preservation

From: MICHAEL HURLEY <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 08:21:43 GMT

<From: [email-masked] (Francis Miquet)
<Date: 24/ 4/96 16:05:04
<Subject: Wood preservation
<I'm a newbie building hives for the first time.

A few tips :                    x
      - Do not use planed wood. Get a sawmills to make "deep cuts" on a 9"X3"
or better an 11"X3" rough wood, cut to width 12mm, 15mm or 18mm. Use thi9s
wood as it comes off ; do not plane. They will have to have a bandsaw to be
able to cut to correct width. I have found that such wood will not warp under
normal weather conditions.

       - Use galvanised nails.

       - Creosote on its own or mixed with waste engine oil will give you 20
years at least even with rough white deal.

Michael ( from Dublin, Ireland)