worms in maple

[rd roberts]

hello forum friends,
i have a friend that had to remove a project from his house because the live edge maple he used started to develope worms turning the wood to powder. how could this have been prevented?
thanks
rd

[Ron Wenrich]

Sounds like it was powder post beetle.  They were probably in there because the logs laid too long.  Ash is quick to get these.  I know of a handle plant that used to wet down their logs in the summer to prevent powder post beetle, and to keep the logs fresher.  Kiln drying would have killed them.