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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 5370" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>In these hard times any cost can be one cost too many. Is the levy good value for money, well for me it's just under $1000 and as far as I know the authority has never spent a cent checking any of my hives.</p><p>So far it sounds I am throwing my money away but then last spring I found seven AFB hives on four different occasions in the same apiary.</p><p>Seven hives even today is still a lot of money plus four trips to pick them up plus digging four holes and supervising four fires.</p><p>All those costs are mine and still no benefit from paying a levy.</p><p>I don't see many benefits of paying the levy because most of those benefits happen out of my sight.</p><p>I won't see the AP1 issuing an inspection notice for neighbouring apiarys after I reported my AFB find.</p><p>I won't see the AP2 inspecting a neighbouring apiary and finding robbed out AFB hives.</p><p>I won't see the massive amount of work they did checking that beekeepers other hives and sorting out a huge mess.</p><p>And hopefully I won't see any more AFB from that particular source. </p><p></p><p>I do see the benefit of paying the levy. It's not what it cost you, it's what it doesn't cost you that is the real benefit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 5370, member: 207"] In these hard times any cost can be one cost too many. Is the levy good value for money, well for me it's just under $1000 and as far as I know the authority has never spent a cent checking any of my hives. So far it sounds I am throwing my money away but then last spring I found seven AFB hives on four different occasions in the same apiary. Seven hives even today is still a lot of money plus four trips to pick them up plus digging four holes and supervising four fires. All those costs are mine and still no benefit from paying a levy. I don't see many benefits of paying the levy because most of those benefits happen out of my sight. I won't see the AP1 issuing an inspection notice for neighbouring apiarys after I reported my AFB find. I won't see the AP2 inspecting a neighbouring apiary and finding robbed out AFB hives. I won't see the massive amount of work they did checking that beekeepers other hives and sorting out a huge mess. And hopefully I won't see any more AFB from that particular source. I do see the benefit of paying the levy. It's not what it cost you, it's what it doesn't cost you that is the real benefit. [/QUOTE]
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