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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 13476" data-attributes="member: 207">My main reason for raising this issue was the management agencies plan to forcibly update everybody's DECA . I am fairly unhappy with this idea as I am fairly sure my personal DECA despite having proven to be absolutely workable and doing a good job will not meet their new minimum standard which is not how it is supposed to be or at least not how we were told it would be when we signed them.Since raising this issue I have had several talks with people claiming that some people working for the agency have acted vindictively when challenged and I am not talking about the beekeepers that have brought things down on their own heads through gross negligence. I have also been warned that I should be careful because I may be targeted for raising concerns.There were some pretty damning accusations about what amounts to abuse of power.The management agency still has my full support but it is obvious they do not have the support of all beekeepers and that is a problem for everyone.Over my many years in the industry I have seen a very few examples of incompetence and or unprofessional behaviour by hive inspectors. This includes one case of a hive being misdiagnosed as AFB when it was in fact PMS and one case of unprofessional behaviour by an apiary advisory officer.Both these were deep in the past, well before the current system and do not need bringing to the light of day.We need a system that protects us from bad beekeepers and we have that but that system gives a lot of power, power that affects both the innocent and the guilty.With Power comes responsibility and the only way to ensure responsibility is to have oversight.</blockquote>

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