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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 1800" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>In cases where you get more than one AFB it is always either your fault because you have spread it amongst your own hives or someone else has done some really bad beekeeping and you have got it from your bees robbing out a neighbour. When you only get one and there is no other AFB found then most of the time I believe it is caused by contaminated gear that has often been in use for many years and I have had several AFB hives from boxes that had been scorched (an old and for many years now illegal practice). Those boxes were probably scorched over 40 years before . These odd cases are always going to occur . Well done on finding it and stopping the problem going any further.</p><p>The scenario of finding one AFB and not really knowing where it comes from is quite disturbing but nowhere near as bad as finding six like I did this year and knowing exactly how someone else's incompetence caused the problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 1800, member: 207"] In cases where you get more than one AFB it is always either your fault because you have spread it amongst your own hives or someone else has done some really bad beekeeping and you have got it from your bees robbing out a neighbour. When you only get one and there is no other AFB found then most of the time I believe it is caused by contaminated gear that has often been in use for many years and I have had several AFB hives from boxes that had been scorched (an old and for many years now illegal practice). Those boxes were probably scorched over 40 years before . These odd cases are always going to occur . Well done on finding it and stopping the problem going any further. The scenario of finding one AFB and not really knowing where it comes from is quite disturbing but nowhere near as bad as finding six like I did this year and knowing exactly how someone else's incompetence caused the problem. [/QUOTE]
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