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In a message dated 07/07/04 16:51:36 GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<<If you are a hobbyist, I personally urge you to 'get off'. Stop buying
nucs
or hives from others (regardless of how much you may trust them) unless you
can isolate them from your other bees and equipment for 2 full seasons,
while you do not treat and observe them for disease. If you get AFB, burn
the equipment and shake the bees onto foundation and start over.
I have been criticized for saying it before...but I see the 'problem' as the
migratory commercial beekeeper who is spreading resistant AFB far and wide,
as (s)he controls (but does not eliminate) it by use of illegal drugs at who
knows what dosage. If you don't think it is going on, get your head out of
the sand!
Lloyd
Lloyd Spear, Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.>>
Do American beekeepers follow the British tradition of rotating combs? I can
well understand why a large-scale beek wouldn't need the work, but if you
only have a few hives, then its good practice to give each hive a couple of
frames of foundation every year, and melt the oldest combs. Mark them with the
year's queen colour to keep track. That way old combs which may contain AFB
spores are removed, and there's that much less chance of infection building up.
Regards,
Robert Brenchley
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