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> Had our bee meeting last nite. One of our members, in Kentucky, also keeps
> hives in Ohio. Said the Inspector in Ohio called him and asked to get the
> word out. Ohio has had MAJOR losses this summer from American Foulbrood.
> I don't know what major means, but he asked me to post this for him. The
> inspector advises that everyone carefully check their hives. And (sorry
> to those that this offends) to use the terramycin as recommended.
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> Sorry this information is second or even third hand.
>
And flat wrong. Monday 11-16 we had one of the state's 4 regional
inspectors at our bee meeting, John Gorman. Statewide AFB was at >2.55%
of more than 23000 inspected hives (if I remember correctly), up only
slightly from the previous year (>2.35% ?) and in line with the previous
10 years data. Variation over 10 years was about .5%, IIRC. Varroa,
OTOH, was at 39.5%.
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