> ...Allen, your idea seems the most beekeeper friendly, and would keep all 
> the contents of the hive together for disposal...  but more important, 
> that the DWV(or whatever) and the mites also must not survive, that is a 
> little more involved.  I assume to be thorough; you would need to 
> burn/(clean?) the hive/contents just like we do for AFB.

I suppose it depends on the pest identified.  Varroa, for example, can live 
a week or more on dead bees and larvae. and are quite able to jump onto 
passing robber bees, so careful storage or disposal might be a good idea.

As for viruses and even brood diseases, quite often the problem is the 
susceptible bees.  Simple re-queening, combining, and/or medication might 
have solved the problem in some cases, but I'm assuming these solutions have 
already been deemed impractical for whatever reason when we get to the point 
of considering depopulation.
 

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