>
> > <http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/1053/1/Avhandling.pdf> Here in Fiji, we have
> had AFB for at least 25 years, and probably much
> longer.   However, the government Department of Agriculture's practice is
> to burn any hive that has proven to have AFB spores as identified in a
> laboratory, EVEN IF THE HIVE APPEARS HEALTHY.


You may find the following study of interest:
http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/1053/1/Avhandling.pdf

<http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/1053/1/Avhandling.pdf>If AFB has been in Fiji for
25 years, then one could likely detect spores in nearly any colony if the
test has great enough sensitivity.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
ScientificBeekeeping.com

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