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As per a previous thread regarding Fumidil B becoming scarce and not being available for a couple of months, I was thinking to myself (always dangerous!)
In the Falconry world there is a relatively new product called F10. Developed in South Africa it is pretty much a silver bullet for many known diseases, fungi, spores etc. in the avian vetenary world.
I am sure you can imagine there are some very nasty bugs that can be around raw meat eating birds!
A guy called Neil Forbes who is one of the worlds leading authorities on avian medicine put me onto it and swears by it.
When he goes to many of the dodgier places in the world such as Pakistan, India, Parts of Africa and the Black Country etc (only kidding HRP!), he puts a couple of drops in the water to kill all the nasty's.
I have been onto the manufacturers, and this is what they have said so far...
The scientific data available for the use of F10 and bees is very limited. In 2007 we supplied F10SC to a DEFRA sponsored team looking at its use in controlling the organisms responsible for both types of foul brood but to date I have had no result data back. Anecdotal evidence, which we have available suggests that use of F10SC as a disinfectant to clean hives and bee keeping equipment has no detrimental effects on the bees. However, I must stress that this is anecdotal and as such must not be taken as a recommendation for use.
I shall enquire from the South African manufacturers whether they have any additional information which may be of interest.
Although I was not thinking of anything exotic like AFB or EFB, I was wondering if anyone has heard of it or used it with bees?
In the Falconry world there is a relatively new product called F10. Developed in South Africa it is pretty much a silver bullet for many known diseases, fungi, spores etc. in the avian vetenary world.
I am sure you can imagine there are some very nasty bugs that can be around raw meat eating birds!
A guy called Neil Forbes who is one of the worlds leading authorities on avian medicine put me onto it and swears by it.
When he goes to many of the dodgier places in the world such as Pakistan, India, Parts of Africa and the Black Country etc (only kidding HRP!), he puts a couple of drops in the water to kill all the nasty's.
I have been onto the manufacturers, and this is what they have said so far...
The scientific data available for the use of F10 and bees is very limited. In 2007 we supplied F10SC to a DEFRA sponsored team looking at its use in controlling the organisms responsible for both types of foul brood but to date I have had no result data back. Anecdotal evidence, which we have available suggests that use of F10SC as a disinfectant to clean hives and bee keeping equipment has no detrimental effects on the bees. However, I must stress that this is anecdotal and as such must not be taken as a recommendation for use.
I shall enquire from the South African manufacturers whether they have any additional information which may be of interest.
Although I was not thinking of anything exotic like AFB or EFB, I was wondering if anyone has heard of it or used it with bees?
