> Odor or smell of American foulbrood is not a reliable diagnostic...
>
> [note: as a state inspector, I found many cases where there were 
> only a few infected cells and no detectable odor]

Depends on the sensitivity of one's nose, don't it?

My wife Joanne is available for rent at very reasonable daily prices.  She
reliably detects hitherto undiscovered ABF cases from distances up to 100
yards.  She often says "Foulbrood" in the beekeepers' driveway before she
even has her car door closed.  This often turns into a easily-solved problem
of disposing of a single frame with a few cells of AFB.

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