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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 13362" data-attributes="member: 207">voting for the management agency as a whole other topic that has never been satisfactorily answered.The big change to AFB management in the last few years is the ordering of destruction of contaminated\possibly contaminated stored gear. This was not possible under the AFB PMP as only clinical cases could be ordered destroyed. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the destruction of stored gear is done under the bio security act. This is what is upsetting a lot of people but as I have said before I am yet to see a case where it didn't seem to be justified. I for one used to get heartily sick of bad beekeepers continually having hives inspected and burnt for them while having a seemingly endless supply of contaminated gear which enabled them to continue beekeeping and spreading AFB to their neighbours for years and even decades.PPB is the root cause of all AFB at some point.Catching AFB is not unusual or a sin.Failing to identify it and then allowing infected hives to die and be robbed out is in my opinion a sin and while I agree with no compensation being paid for destroyed hives I would like to see heavy fines available for those whose grossly neglected hives cause the destruction of hives belonging to innocent neighbours.</blockquote>

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