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Re: AFB and fall treatment
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In a message dated 16/09/2005 05:02:34 GMT Standard Time, Hugo tremblay
writes:

For what  I can find in literature, it is recommended to give 3 treatments=
of  oxytetracycline in fall, and some more the following spring, alongsid=
e  with shaking bees and destroying infected material.  But......

Which makes me glad that here in the UK the treatment for AFB is to dig a
pit in which to burn and bury the entire contents of the hive and then to scorch
 the inside of the hive with a blow torch.  Crude but effective and AFB is
nowadays a rarity.

Chris

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