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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 12116" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>I'm very careful with the blame game. Tell you a true story happened a few months ago.</p><p></p><p>I'm working my apiary which can be seen from the road. I see a car stop, a guy gets out and jumps the fence and heads my way. Looking angry and acting aggressive. Conversation goes -</p><p>HIM - have you had AFB?</p><p>ME - Yes</p><p>Him - Well you've given it to my hive</p><p>ME - Can't have. I've had AFB in other places but not here, ever.</p><p>HIM - Well there's no other beekeepers around here.</p><p>ME - When did you get the AFB?</p><p>HIM - I only had the hive 2 months then it got low in bees, had it checked and it had AFB</p><p>ME - If it was that bad after 2 months it probably had AFB when you got it</p><p>HIM - No. My mate I bought it from said it didn't have AFB and the AFB would have come from a commercial beekeeper because they are bad news for AFB. You are commercial, right?</p><p>ME - Sort of, I'm a retired commercial beekeeper.</p><p>HIM - So, it was you. I can tell you don't look after them properly anyway.</p><p>(won't go into the diatribe about why he thought that 🙄)......</p><p>a bit later ME - are you registered?</p><p>HIM - Registered? What's that?</p><p></p><p>Won't bore you all with the rest of it but the guy was an aggressive moron who bought the hive from someone who wasn't registered and sound like pretty much knew jack about bees.</p><p></p><p>However he was pretty ready to pin blame.</p><p></p><p>At the end he refused to tell me who the mate was who sold him the hive, jumped in his car and vanished. Wouldn't tell me where he lives either. If he gets another hive he will be a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 12116, member: 13"] I'm very careful with the blame game. Tell you a true story happened a few months ago. I'm working my apiary which can be seen from the road. I see a car stop, a guy gets out and jumps the fence and heads my way. Looking angry and acting aggressive. Conversation goes - HIM - have you had AFB? ME - Yes Him - Well you've given it to my hive ME - Can't have. I've had AFB in other places but not here, ever. HIM - Well there's no other beekeepers around here. ME - When did you get the AFB? HIM - I only had the hive 2 months then it got low in bees, had it checked and it had AFB ME - If it was that bad after 2 months it probably had AFB when you got it HIM - No. My mate I bought it from said it didn't have AFB and the AFB would have come from a commercial beekeeper because they are bad news for AFB. You are commercial, right? ME - Sort of, I'm a retired commercial beekeeper. HIM - So, it was you. I can tell you don't look after them properly anyway. (won't go into the diatribe about why he thought that 🙄)...... a bit later ME - are you registered? HIM - Registered? What's that? Won't bore you all with the rest of it but the guy was an aggressive moron who bought the hive from someone who wasn't registered and sound like pretty much knew jack about bees. However he was pretty ready to pin blame. At the end he refused to tell me who the mate was who sold him the hive, jumped in his car and vanished. Wouldn't tell me where he lives either. If he gets another hive he will be a problem. [/QUOTE]
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