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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 13461" data-attributes="member: 207">The latest kerfuffle around hive destruction is not the first by any means and won't be the last . The management agency rather than just sticking to the AFB PMP has also been using the bio security act .This means that rather than just ordering the destruction of clinical infections it is now sometimes ordering the destruction of hives that are not showing clinical infection or the destruction of stored beekeeping equipment.Just to be absolutely clear I fully support the agency in this, but, there seems to be no recourse for those that feel they are being hard done by except perhaps for the court of public perception which does not always show what is really happening and also because of privacy laws can leave the management agency looking like the villains.A beekeeping ombudsman could be an independent adjudicator if given permission by both parties to do an investigation including physically confirming by inspection and testing where doubts have been raised .Given that all beekeepers carry at least a little bit of baggage an ombudsman could be a non-beekeeper but would need the powers to co-opt experts in such things as identifying AFB .Anyway, I'm throwing this idea out there and would really like some opinions on this from every sector in the beekeeping community.</blockquote>

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