Quote Originally Posted by mbc View Post
my favourite revelation is the bit where swarms from colonies infected with AFB often had AFB at detectable levels but no clinical symptoms, but if they didnt develop full blown AFB within the first brood cycle, six months later no AFB at all was detectable. Interesting stuff indeed !
That is indeed interesting, as it would suggest that a shook swarm carried out carefully could save a colony. But in practice, hobby beekeepers would stop reporting AFB symptoms to the authorities and would bollock about trying to deal with the situation in house with varying degrees of success for both themselves and their beekeeping neighbours. If someone beside me had colonies with AFB I think I would prefer to see them on the pyre.