In addition to the EAS short course on AFB, Pat Bono regularly covers AFB
in her NYS Bee Wellness workshops and vendor booths.

I see an inherent catch-22 in New York State, where one will need a
Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) to use antibiotics to treat AFB.  I assume
there will be a requisite examination and positive verification of AFB to
get a VFD, but positive verification of AFB in NYS is a death by fire
sentence.  In my mind one should skip the Vet, dig a hole and start the
fire.

Aaron Morris - I think therefore I bee!

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:26 AM, James Fischer <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I can't imagine the collateral damage that will result when those who
> persisted in prophylactic use of antibiotics suddenly convert to more
> "prudent use", and their AFB-infested woodenware makes its presence known
> to
> surrounding beekeepers.
>
> http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/have-you-heard-buzz-
> honeybees-fall-under-vf
> d-regulations-too
> <http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/have-you-heard-buzz-honeybees-fall-under-vf%0Ad-regulations-too>
> http://tinyurl.com/q59enpl
>
> Chris Cripps and his partner veterinarians who purchased Betterbee, have a
> website started to list participating vets.
> I sure hope that there are more participants than the few dozen listed
> there.
>
> Back when Dennis vanEngelsdorp was "acting PA apiarist", (all the work,
> with
> none of the pay or state benefits), he had a map in his presentations that
> showed the "persistent" AFB detection locations.  He tried to keep the
> slide
> vague by using large map markers, but the audience would have none of it,
> and specific beekeeper names were shouted out with boos and catcalls.
>
> Those who persist in claiming that AFB is "endemic in the environment" face
> a dataset that refutes the claim.  There's only been a tiny number of cases
> of AFB among the community of truly urban (as opposed to suburban)
> beekeepers, and those have been invariably traced to nucs on frames from
> the
> hinterlands, or used woodenware.  There certainly have been a number of
> false alarms, but that's an education issue.  The traditional EAS
> short-course practice of showing foulbrood to new beekeepers to see (and
> smell!) is invaluable.
>
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