> Vita-Europe, through Jeremy Owens, have very kindly agreed to send me some
> kits to demonstrate at Gormanstown, I have discussed this with Redmond
> Williams and the demonstrations will done at the microscopy workshops held
> on the mornings of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

I do hope that they work for you.  At a recent demonstration at Stoneleigh
it took our Seasonal Bee Inspector (SBI) three attempts to get a positive
result from a comb of AFB - and these kits are around £5 each!

Not wishing to be too critical, I wonder why anyone would want to but a kit
to test for AFB when it is so easy to diagnose positively in the field.
Of course EFB is a different matter, but I doubt that many beekeepers would
pay £5 - even if they worked perfectly every time - when they can get it
tested free by their SBI.

Peter Edwards
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