I cut a burl off a tree a couple of days ago and when trimming off one of the branches I noticed a bug coming out of it so I recalled someone saying here about nuking the wood to assist in drying out the wood. IS there a per inch per minute rule as to how long to nuke.
Side issue, man there was a million bugs inside that burl and even after 3 sets of 3 min inside they were still going strong. I finally tool out the burl and set the oven for 10 min and roasted those buggers.
Moyo
A comment to one side of your question, it sounds as though this tree is not long for this world if it's that infested. If this is a yard tree or one in which folks or propery could be damaged by it's demise then you should seriously consider having it inspected by an arborist or take it down if you're not that attached to it.
A comment to the other side of your question, removing burls from living, healthy trees is a risky proposition as it opens the tree to insects and disease. In this case it doesn't sound as though it could cause much further harm to what sounds like an already damaged tree, but otherwise I believe the practice is not recommended.
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