Bontbee, you are correct. There is no AFB reported in Gloucestershire for April or May when the auction was. Madasafish is the one who needs to have a second look
What i am saying is tha AFB was not confirmed on LFD on Saturday. I am also saying that if there was AFB subsequently confirmed, it will be published on BeeBase. I have also said that this has been nothing else but speculation and pointless ramble and a bright example of how notifiable disease...
Thank you mbc for confirming that positive LFD is all it takes to confirm AFB. Away from the ramble about politics and back to the subject of AFB in that instance, I should probably clarify here that no positive AFB diagnosis was made on LFD on Saturday, when this thread started.
Totally agree with rayz_x!
Like i said earlier, it is the duty of the bee inspectors and the NBU to manage notifiable disease and publish credible information to help prevent the spread of disease and not what someone had heard on the grapevine.
If there was a confirmed case of AFB found, you will see it on the live data maps on BeeBase and in the live AFB reports - that is where you find out if your colonies are at risk and not on rants like this. I am shocked that this post is still going..... please someone put an end to it!