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<blockquote data-quote="Maggie" data-source="post: 5160" data-attributes="member: 71"><p>Hi John - What is your suggestion here for legislation that is not draconian, costs the seller/buyer $0, but is effective in not transferring AFB on? What is your suggestion for equipment being stored by ex beekeepers (alive or deceased)? Should there be legislation that certain gear note being used be destroyed? I have seen plant nurseries and shabby chic secondhand shops selling wood ware (empty hives & nucs) as garden ornaments, and they have told me this stuff flies out the door, and they don't want new stuff, they want it with charm and character. Should this be legislated against? </p><p></p><p>In the past, on occasions, I have found that stored beekeeping gear by other beekeepers is a source of transmission. In one instance I had for several years apiary specific intermittent AFB, and it eventuated that unbeknownst to commercial beekeepers in this area, the source was a large amount of equipment stored from a deceased beekeeping estate, with a previous AFB history. Once the whole lot was dragged out and burnt, the AFB ceased. </p><p></p><p>I am in the process of decelerating, and have flogged off a lot of gear over the last couple of years. I give my rego & DECA numbers, and suggest the buyer, if they don't know me, contact Marco for my AFB history; which I think is a good history. It would cost the buyer a lot more to buy or build this gear, and to date this has worked for me without problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maggie, post: 5160, member: 71"] Hi John - What is your suggestion here for legislation that is not draconian, costs the seller/buyer $0, but is effective in not transferring AFB on? What is your suggestion for equipment being stored by ex beekeepers (alive or deceased)? Should there be legislation that certain gear note being used be destroyed? I have seen plant nurseries and shabby chic secondhand shops selling wood ware (empty hives & nucs) as garden ornaments, and they have told me this stuff flies out the door, and they don't want new stuff, they want it with charm and character. Should this be legislated against? In the past, on occasions, I have found that stored beekeeping gear by other beekeepers is a source of transmission. In one instance I had for several years apiary specific intermittent AFB, and it eventuated that unbeknownst to commercial beekeepers in this area, the source was a large amount of equipment stored from a deceased beekeeping estate, with a previous AFB history. Once the whole lot was dragged out and burnt, the AFB ceased. I am in the process of decelerating, and have flogged off a lot of gear over the last couple of years. I give my rego & DECA numbers, and suggest the buyer, if they don't know me, contact Marco for my AFB history; which I think is a good history. It would cost the buyer a lot more to buy or build this gear, and to date this has worked for me without problem. [/QUOTE]
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