So why do the bee inspectors burn the whole hive pronto as soon as AFB is identified?
They don't burn the whole hive.
So why do the bee inspectors burn the whole hive pronto as soon as AFB is identified?
Me Too, I have seen pictures of them digging a hole and burning the hive and then covering it upwhat exactly do they burn as I though the whole lot went up
what exactly do they burn as I though the whole lot went up
Me Too, I have seen pictures of them digging a hole and burning the hive and then covering it up
Sorry Hivemaker I don't know where I seen them It could of been a slide show, I will try and retrieve them tomorrow, Its good to know that your hive can be saved, a small consolation for the loss of your beesDo you have any of these pictures of burning whole hives by bee inspectors,were any of them poly hives,and how did they manage to burn any steel parts on the wooden ones,or were these bits removed and kept.
Sorry Hivemaker I don't know where I seen them It could of been a slide show, I will try and retrieve them tomorrow, Its good to know that your hive can be saved, a small consolation for the loss of your bees
You can see some pictures and imformation of what they do on the Fera/beebase site.
I'm sure they would not mind burning your entire beehive if you wanted them to,but you would not get payed out for it on BDI insurance,and would cost you, if it was poly and had to be sent to an approved place for destruction.
This is a picture i did see but a hive not in this country
You could see pictures just like that in this country as well i rekon....when burning up piles of scrap hives.
You could but that pic is from the teara.gov.nz site and the caption below it says
Yes i saw that,and even more reason for beekeepers to be aware of the laws regards notifiable diseases in this country. Perhaps the idea of compulsory registration and training of all beekeepers would not be such a bad idea.
So why do the bee inspectors burn the whole hive pronto as soon as AFB is identified? AFB is a notifiable disease for a good reason - not for the fun of having a bonfire.
It is contagious of course, but doesn't spread as quickly as EFB. I was just trying to say that being vigilant helps - you can eliminate it before it spreads to all.
Last summer the notification that EFB was near me was much quicker via this forum than via the Ministry!
and an elk on top of my brood boxWonder why that does not surprise me,very efficient this forum at times,even if someone should happen to make a spelling mistake on the entire E BAY network, it would soon be brought to light by this forum.
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