Lol, yes.
This linky:http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/1053/1/Avhandling.pdf is a paper I keep going back to to explode some myths about AFB, our own NBU seems scared to tread on this ground in case beekeepers twig their colonies need not necessarily be destroyed if they have AFB and they can rid themselves (sometimes !) of the infection given a fresh start on clean comb.
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