Wood borer infestation

Jennifer Brian <jenniferfbrian [at] gmail__com> writes

>I have come across a large pine log (approximately 1m diameter, 2.5m
>long) with borer infestation. The log is too large for any freezer
>that I have access to and we do not want to use pesticides as it is
>to subsequently be used. I was wondering whether anyone has
>undertaken anoxic, or black bag, treatment of any large wooden
>objects, and how effective they were on objects with a small surface
>area to volume ratio.  If they are ineffective, do you have any
>suggestions for other appropriate treatments?  The treatment will be
>undertaken in-situ before the log is moved for seasoning.

For information about the "black bag" method of treating insect
infestations, see the following papers by Agnes Brokerhof and Tom
Strang:

    Brokerhof, Agnes.
    "Low oxygen treatment and solarisation of Probota
    iconostasis: alternative pest control methods in the field"
    in ICOM-CC 12th Triennial Meeting, Lyon 1999-14-20

    Brokerhof, Agnes.
    "Solarization: A cheap but effective method to disinfest museum
    objects"
    in ICOM-CC 13th Triennial Meeting, Rio de Janeiro 2002-15-20

    Strang, Thomas.
    "The effect of thermal methods of pest control on museum
    collections"
    in Preprints, International Conference on Biodeterioration of
    Cultural Property, Bangkok 1995-199-218.

    Strang, Thomas
    "Principles of heat disinfestation"
     in 2001, A Pest Odyssey 2001-114-119

Dr Barry Knight
Head of Conservation Research
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
+44 20 7412 7229
Fax: +44 20 7412 7658


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