Hi All

Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and likely other countries  
have had a burn only protocol for years.  Propolactic antibiotic  
treatments are recommended by the Ministry of Agriculture  here in  
Ontario.  I have proved as have others including a local certified  
organic beekeeper that you can't go very long without treatments here  
before AFB breaks out.  There are too many beekeepers who avoid  
treatments and keep AFB around for all of us.  If we had, years ago,  
taken the burn only route we would be almost free of AFB as they are  
those places where burn is the only choice.  Burning bees is not fun  
but it seems to have paid off where its the only choice.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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