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<blockquote data-quote="Maggie" data-source="post: 11303" data-attributes="member: 71"><p>Sometimes wood ware for a variety of reasons ends up being stored I was the apiary specific "victim" for a number of seasons of gear from a deceased estate; of which local beekeepers were unaware of. I have also been told by two beekeepers in different parts of the Sth Is their outbreaks were eventually traced back to containers of honey in old kitchens of disbanded houses - bee hives and woodward aren't the only spreader of AFB.</p><p></p><p>Just because a hive or honey on diagnostics shows AFB, it does not necessarily mean that the hive will exhibit AFB in the field, or that stored wood ware will show positive. Once, and only once, did I have a very low AFB count on a honey sample from one hive and the hive never exhibited field signs of AFB. </p><p></p><p>Also, with every diagnostic test there is an error of margin. </p><p></p><p>It is good to see that research in the Foster test involved MPI, scientists and beekeepers. I note that it is a test for use at the hive entrance, and I understand costs $80 per test (don't know if this is GST incl), and that up to 12 hives can be tested with the one kit. </p><p></p><p>If this test were to become mandatory, who would pay - the seller or buyer? If you buy/sell one hive that's an extra $80, 12 hives an extra $80, 1000 hives (you do the math) is a major expense. </p><p></p><p>I am not decrying the PCR Foster test. I think it is another valuable tool in the AFB kit, but I think incorporating this into a purchasing regime would create another layer of difficult to implement expensive bureaucracy. We could end of up with numerous abandoned hives from one end of the country to the other, and then there is the stored wood ware. I can see it as a valuable tool for the AFB PMP and could potentially do away with some of the AP2 army, thereby saving the Agency megabucks. </p><p></p><p>I am certainly open to other logical thoughts, but for today therein endeth my epistle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maggie, post: 11303, member: 71"] Sometimes wood ware for a variety of reasons ends up being stored I was the apiary specific "victim" for a number of seasons of gear from a deceased estate; of which local beekeepers were unaware of. I have also been told by two beekeepers in different parts of the Sth Is their outbreaks were eventually traced back to containers of honey in old kitchens of disbanded houses - bee hives and woodward aren't the only spreader of AFB. Just because a hive or honey on diagnostics shows AFB, it does not necessarily mean that the hive will exhibit AFB in the field, or that stored wood ware will show positive. Once, and only once, did I have a very low AFB count on a honey sample from one hive and the hive never exhibited field signs of AFB. Also, with every diagnostic test there is an error of margin. It is good to see that research in the Foster test involved MPI, scientists and beekeepers. I note that it is a test for use at the hive entrance, and I understand costs $80 per test (don't know if this is GST incl), and that up to 12 hives can be tested with the one kit. If this test were to become mandatory, who would pay - the seller or buyer? If you buy/sell one hive that's an extra $80, 12 hives an extra $80, 1000 hives (you do the math) is a major expense. I am not decrying the PCR Foster test. I think it is another valuable tool in the AFB kit, but I think incorporating this into a purchasing regime would create another layer of difficult to implement expensive bureaucracy. We could end of up with numerous abandoned hives from one end of the country to the other, and then there is the stored wood ware. I can see it as a valuable tool for the AFB PMP and could potentially do away with some of the AP2 army, thereby saving the Agency megabucks. I am certainly open to other logical thoughts, but for today therein endeth my epistle. [/QUOTE]
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