In article <[log in to unmask]>, Faith
Andrews Bedford <[log in to unmask]> writes
>In a message dated 97-07-26 15:57:32 EDT, you write:
>
><< A heaping tablespoon of the dust should be applied to the top bars of
> frames in each brood chamber and the dusting repeated weekly until all
> traces of AFB are gone.  >>
>
>I was undert the impression that any hive with AFB had to reported to a state
>bee inspector, the bees killed and the hives either burned, scorched or
>treated in a "gas" chamber.  Am I wrong?  Is that info outddated?
>
>Faith Andrews Bedford, Tampa and Ivy, VA
 
In the UK, AFB is a notifiable disease under the Bee diseases Control
order 1982. The hives must be scorched with a blow-lamp and the frames
of bees destroyed by burning in a pit - all under the supervision of a
regional bee inspector.
 
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Paul Walton
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Toddington, Bedfordshire, England.