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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NickWallingford" data-source="post: 13479" data-attributes="member: 44">I questioned that option, too.  It is, presumably, a hold-over from back when there was a plan for such an annual AFB training day.  The intent was that commercial bkprs, especially, would get the opportunity to meet specifically to talk about AFB - means of elimination, tips, ways of tracing, etc.  The Mgmt Agency would produce the materials and process, so each meeting (based on the NBA branches back then!) would be sure to get the same messaging and opportunities.   It never actually came about.  It was another of those aspects that beekeepers talked about, consulted on and presented to the Minister - but it did not get included into the actual PMP Order.  My *memory* of the time was that such as this and, say, the providing of the "yellow book" to each beekeeper, was considered to be education.  And MAF Policy at the time said we didn't need anything in the Order to be able to provide educational services, so it was not specified in the Order.</blockquote>

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