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Honeybee pests and diseases.
 #4415  by AdamD
 09 Aug 2019, 13:24
This page - if you translate it - gives information concerning the SHB is Italy. - You may recall an outbreak there a few years ago.

https://www.plateforme-esa.fr/article/renforcement-de-la-surveillance-du-petit-coleoptere-des-ruches-aethina-tumida-en-france

One sentence I will repeat from the website is "A phylogenetic analysis was carried out on the beetles detected in 2019. They confirm that the outbreak is linked to an illegal movement of hives in from the protection zone of Reggio di Calabria".

After seeing loads of hives destroyed by fire when the outbreak first occurred, you might think that beekeepers would behave better. Will people never learn?!
 #4419  by Caroline
 09 Aug 2019, 15:41
AdamD wrote:
09 Aug 2019, 13:24
After seeing loads of hives destroyed by fire when the outbreak first occurred, you might think that beekeepers would behave better. Will people never learn?!
Obviously not! The stupidity of humans never ceases to amaze me.
 #4428  by Chrisbarlow
 09 Aug 2019, 17:06
Stupidity and greed I suspect.

Does the same happen here with efb and afb though