Hi all,

> When I worked Southern California in the 1980s the infection rate was
> around 5%. Everybody medicated. Nobody talked about getting rid of
> AFB, just keeping it down. Now that TM no longer can be depended upon
> there are two roads: new drugs or destroying infected hives. The new
> recommendation with drugs is to NOT use them as prevention, only for
> treatment. (Again, illegal in many states).

Been following your discussions. Isn't AFB spores in all (most) colonies,
laying there dormant(to some degree)? According to the law and with TM
resistant AFB won't there soon be large bonfires unless a new drug is to be
used(actually should see lots of smoke and ash already)? Won't that new drug
just become resistant too? I am for the no drug approach.  Why not do colony
shake downs into new equipment?  Infected frames (wood is destroyed) and wax
processed(wax press) as mentioned in Hive and the Honeybee which destroys
AFB spores. Maybe its time to get laws changed?


Clay