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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NickWallingford" data-source="post: 11225" data-attributes="member: 44">Clifton King, Manager of the AFB PMP, gave some interesting numbers recently when speaking at the ApiNZ conference in Chch.He started with stating that something like 90% (or was it 95% - I didn't write that down) of hobbyist bkprs never encounter AFB in their hobbyist years.But then he narrowed the focus, as the interest was in the 1000+ hive bkprs.  And he said that something like 34% (again, I didn't write it down) of these commercial beekeepers have not reported, or had AFB found by the agency, in any of the previous 3 years.  Another way of saying that is that 34% of commercial beekeepers have eliminated AFB from their operations.  It really does point to the fact that AFB can practically be eliminated by bkprs.It is the mindset of those beekeepers, the mgmt practices that they use to remain both prepared and AFB-free, that was really the intent of the original pest management process.  At at that time, something like 70% of bkprs supported the development of that strategy/plan.  I'd sure like to see more figures relating to the PMP.  The numbers for those between very small hobbyists and 1000+ might be somewhat problematic in understanding.  And, naturally, the overlay of local issues: hive density, historical AFB, robbed hives, etc, come into play.But to know that one third of commercial bkprs have now eliminated AFB from their operations is a nice thing to be able to say...I know we get to see maps of hot spots for AFB.  How about a map of areas with the *least* incidence of AFB?</blockquote>

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