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Re: Sampling honey for AFB
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Robert Mann <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 15 Oct 2000 18:38:23 +1300
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>Trevor Weatherhead
>AUSTRALIA
        wrote:
>I think that there needs to be a radical rethink of how AFB is handled.  If
>a country is not on the medication treadmill, then why criticise it if it
>does not want to go that way.  I believe it can handle AFB without
>medication.
>Look to the future.  You may still need to employ current methods in the
>short term but will they still be available in the future?


        Very well put Trevor.  I agree completely.

        While we're on AFB spores, could anyone state proof they're not
significantly spread in foundation?

R

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Robt Mann
consultant ecologist
P O Box 28878   Remuera, Auckland 1005, New Zealand
                (9) 524 2949

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