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://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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