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<blockquote data-quote="Bee Real" data-source="post: 1932" data-attributes="member: 253"><p>A Standard is the minimum considered as acceptable. It doesn't mean best practice. It is illegal to feed honey from infected hives, but it is legal to feed honey.</p><p></p><p>I agree with you it is a high risk practice. If you have AFB in your operation you must not feed honey to your bees.</p><p>I know two previously certified organic beekeepers that ended up with high incidence of Afb partially because of this practice, but mostly because they always kept two full supers on and staff was too lazy to lift these boxes and inspect for AFB.</p><p>By the time they found disease it was already robbed out (this was pre-varroa)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bee Real, post: 1932, member: 253"] A Standard is the minimum considered as acceptable. It doesn't mean best practice. It is illegal to feed honey from infected hives, but it is legal to feed honey. I agree with you it is a high risk practice. If you have AFB in your operation you must not feed honey to your bees. I know two previously certified organic beekeepers that ended up with high incidence of Afb partially because of this practice, but mostly because they always kept two full supers on and staff was too lazy to lift these boxes and inspect for AFB. By the time they found disease it was already robbed out (this was pre-varroa) [/QUOTE]
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