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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 13410" data-attributes="member: 207">Interesting article on the subject in the apiarists advocate.Basically, one side can't tell the whole story because of privacy issues and the other won't waive those privacy rights to enable the whole story to be told.I am almost tempted to buy half a dozen different lines of packed honey and have them tested to see what the spore count in them is.Stephen claims that a lot of the hives that were actually identify with AFB in fact only had sack brood and if true that would be a very serious matter.I stand firmly behind the management agency and the job they are doing. I do not believe they would allow fundamental mistakes like that to happen but I will say this.If anyone in New Zealand believes this is happening to them I am willing at my own expense to do an independent audit of supposedly misdiagnosed beehives provided I am free to publicly announce my results whatever they may turn out to be.I have a lifetime's experience in finding and destroying AFB. I have been an AP 2 in the past and I like to think I am known in the industry for my honesty and my competence.I have no interest in damming anybody, I am interested only in finding out the truth and then using that knowledge to help overcome the problem.</blockquote>

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