Good day Hanna. What type of termites? Also are termites the only pest concern?
Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Hannah Mortell <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 6, 2025 6:20:32 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [PestList] Pest treatment options in Botswana You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> [CAUTION: This message originated from outside the Foundation. Do not click links, open attachments or take action unless you know the contents are safe] Hello pest colleagues, Our museum is repatriating a collection of objects to a small rural museum in Botswana, and I’ve been asked to advise on some pest issues they have been experiencing, along with other conservation concerns. I met them in person yesterday, and talked them through installing a basic monitoring program, and some simple and cheap forms of treatment. I recommended solar bagging to heat treat affected objects, for example. Their main problem is with termites in the fabric of the building, which I have no experience of, working in the UK. Does anyone have any treatment or management tips regarding termites? Even those of a different species than the ones native to southern Africa could possibly have enough similarities to provide useful advice. They also mentioned that when their museum was built 40 years ago, it was treated with some sort of biocide/fumigant of which they had no details. But, they are interested and willing to take up floorboards and treat the building fully before receiving their objects from us, and asked for a less harmful modern alternative that would treat the termite problem but not affect the collections. Again, this is not my area so I said I would reach out for help! Their collection consists of a lot of proteinous material – skins, instruments, textiles etc. which I know can be negatively affected by many pesticides. I also just want to make it clear that our repatriation of objects to them is not conditional at all – they, as museum professionals but not conservators, have asked us for advice regarding pests, light, display cases etc. Any advice would be brilliant. Many thanks, Hannah Mortell Assistant Conservator Mon-Fri 8.00-16.00 E: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> T: 01273 071242 Brighton & Hove Museums brightonmuseums.org.uk<https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/> Brighton & Hove Museums is a trading name of the Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust: Registered Charity No: 1186986, Company Registration No: 11774969. Website: https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/ Postal address: Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, BN1 1FN -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/LO0P123MB691215E5561C62756B866C1ACA6EA%40LO0P123MB6912.GBRP123.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/LO0P123MB691215E5561C62756B866C1ACA6EA%40LO0P123MB6912.GBRP123.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CH3PR20MB73042ABC17A2BFCA9F25897DDC6EA%40CH3PR20MB7304.namprd20.prod.outlook.com.
