Theoretically, the sample of comb should be sent to the Teagasc Laboratory for checking. I am not sure that they still use microscopy to confirm (have a feeling that Lateral Flow device is sued) and they will report to Department for further action. I am in a slightly different position as I use a microscope and would report direct to the Department.
Follow up in the past has been ridiculously slow (stories of one beekeeper with a sealed hive for over a year, which was when the local authority vet was supposed to follow up.
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