GBKA Auction and AFB

A good hundred or more beekeepers descended on the Riding for the Disabled centre at Prestbury, Cheltenham today for the annual GBKA auction.Most memorable, mid way through the auction was halted and we were informed one of the live bee lots had been found to have American Foulbrood in it, so no live bees could be auctioned and a standstill order was placed on them all.-Will copy this into the health section, but beekeepers in and around Cheltenham need to be on their guard as the affected colony was local, according to one of the organisers.More later,