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<blockquote data-quote="JohnF" data-source="post: 12095" data-attributes="member: 233"><p>True Tristan - but many might be only looking at the value of hives with no intention of replacing, as they downsize</p><p></p><p>Your post didn't refer to the plan - it said dogs should be roaming the country, paid for by the levy. Did I miss something in the post?</p><p>To keep going back to 1996 or 1998 or whenever it was does get tiresome - much of the agency work was farmed out to others in the earlier times and its only in more recent years (since 2017 or so) that the work is now by the agency.</p><p>Work that people have mentioned (eg increased honey testing) is indeed being done. Larger companies are seeing the financial costs of having spores in their honey and are motivated to deal with increasing rates within their operation.</p><p></p><p>My view is that the dogs find AFB - but at the moment, they also find hives with issues. I would be keen to see how dogs trained solely on spores perform among hives. But I don't believe its the agency's job to pay for the research.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnF, post: 12095, member: 233"] True Tristan - but many might be only looking at the value of hives with no intention of replacing, as they downsize Your post didn't refer to the plan - it said dogs should be roaming the country, paid for by the levy. Did I miss something in the post? To keep going back to 1996 or 1998 or whenever it was does get tiresome - much of the agency work was farmed out to others in the earlier times and its only in more recent years (since 2017 or so) that the work is now by the agency. Work that people have mentioned (eg increased honey testing) is indeed being done. Larger companies are seeing the financial costs of having spores in their honey and are motivated to deal with increasing rates within their operation. My view is that the dogs find AFB - but at the moment, they also find hives with issues. I would be keen to see how dogs trained solely on spores perform among hives. But I don't believe its the agency's job to pay for the research. [/QUOTE]
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