(1) Make sure...
 (2) Inspect...
 (3) Never transfer...
 (4) Never bring...
 (5) Never buy...
 (6) Control...
 (7) If a colony...
 (8) If any ...

 (9) Be suspicious of stray swarms, hive           them on foundation rather than
      drawn comb. Do not feed for three
      days. Inspect them for disease once
      they have become established.

(10) Regularly...
(11) Any...

(12) If confirmed...
                                                            (13) Pour a half litre of petrol through the
       feed hole in the crown board to
       smother the bees. Ensure OMF is
       closed. All bees are dead in minutes.
       Thoroughly test all other hives in
       the apiary for Foul Brood.

(14) Dig a hole in the ground and burn
       the contents of the hive: dead bees
       brood box and floor, frames, combs
       and honey plus supers on the
       infected colony.

(15) A.F.B. and E.F.B.
 
(16) We should...

FOOD   FOR   THOUGHT

Shanvaus Apiary
(20 years of beekeeping - approx. 400  swarms)
American Foulbrood?
COMMENTS:
 

 (9)Good old  ‘Auntie Fibka’  must have heard some
      rumours but this is still the traditional method of
      hiving a swarm. “Donotfeedforthreedays!” alone
      will not have the desired effect on A. Foulbrood.
      It needs three days -------- 72 hours in the dark!

(12)Confirmation will  come  from  your  friendly
       Bee Diagnostic Service and you should know:
       American  Foulbrood  is  a notifiable  disease!

(13)This means someone else will visit you and pour           half a litre of petrol through the feedhole!

       You don’t have to thoroughly test all other hives
       in the apiary for Foulbrood.
       Your ‘someone else’ visitor will pour more half
       litres of petrol through the feedholes... 

(14)Money can buy you new beekeeping equipment.   
       A source for new hives can be found on this
       web site: BusyBeeWoodworks’, our newcomer!
       But we live in Ireland and Ireland today is a very
       special  part of  the  world. The question now is:
       Where will money be able to buy you new bees?

(16)You should..: get in touch with: Shanvaus Apiary!