Mesorat%20hashas for Meilah 3:8
קֵן שֶׁבְּרֹאשׁ הָאִילָן שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ, לֹא נֶהֱנִין וְלֹא מוֹעֲלִין. שֶׁבַּאֲשֵׁרָה, יַתִּיז בְּקָנֶה. הַמַּקְדִּישׁ אֶת הַחֹרֶשׁ, מוֹעֲלִין בְּכֻלּוֹ. הַגִּזְבָּרִים שֶׁלָּקְחוּ אֶת הָעֵצִים, מוֹעֲלִין בָּעֵצִים, וְאֵין מוֹעֲלִין לֹא בַשִּׁפּוּי וְלֹא בַנְּוִיָּה:
A bird's nest that is in a tree that belongs to the Temple, one cannot derive benefit from it, but it is not subject to the laws of <i>meilah</i>. If it is in an <i> asherah</i> [a tree or grove devoted to idolatrous worship] he can knock it down with a branch. One who consecrates a forest, all of it [everything in it] is subject to meilah. If the Temple treasurers bought [unprocessed] trees, the wood is subject to <i>meilah</i>, but the bark and the leaves are not subject to <i>meilah</i>.
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