Finman
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2008
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- Location
- Finland, Helsinki
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
University of Sussex today:
Colonies in which EFB is confirmed will either be destroyed and burnt, if infection is severe, or treated using an antibiotic or the "shook swarm technique". Despite Statutory control for 70 years, the incidence of EFB in Britain remains high. A very poorly understood disease, and much more research is needed
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/lasi/resources/beekeepers/diseases
ISSUE: In most countries EFB control advice is, change the queen. In practice it means "change genepool".
I had 40 years ago EFB in some hives when I had crossings of Black bee and Caucasian bee. Perhaps it has been some cases during 40 years but I have changed the queen and disease has went away.
Now I ask from large scale beekeepers, which have different strains of bees, do you have noticed that you may avoid EFB with changing "genepool" of bees?
Or do Britain or special parts of Britain have something special which make EFB too common?
British Isles has special weather, but how is EFB issue in Denmark and in Holland or in Normandia?
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Colonies in which EFB is confirmed will either be destroyed and burnt, if infection is severe, or treated using an antibiotic or the "shook swarm technique". Despite Statutory control for 70 years, the incidence of EFB in Britain remains high. A very poorly understood disease, and much more research is needed
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/lasi/resources/beekeepers/diseases
ISSUE: In most countries EFB control advice is, change the queen. In practice it means "change genepool".
I had 40 years ago EFB in some hives when I had crossings of Black bee and Caucasian bee. Perhaps it has been some cases during 40 years but I have changed the queen and disease has went away.
Now I ask from large scale beekeepers, which have different strains of bees, do you have noticed that you may avoid EFB with changing "genepool" of bees?
Or do Britain or special parts of Britain have something special which make EFB too common?
British Isles has special weather, but how is EFB issue in Denmark and in Holland or in Normandia?
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