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ELIMINATION
OF AMERICAN FOULBROOD (AFB) DISEASE IN NEW ZEALAND
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  • AFB in New Zealand
    • History of AFB
    • What is AFB?
    • Incidence
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  • Symptoms of AFB
    • Normal brood development
    • Infected development
    • Visual Symptoms of AFB
    • Colour of cell cappings
    • Holes in cell cappings
    • "Spotty" brood pattern
    • Colour of brood
    • Shape of brood
    • Position in cell
    • Pupal tongue
    • Other symptoms
    • Smell
    • "Ropiness" of brood
    • Fluorescence of scale
  • Progression of AFB
    • Contaminated colonies
    • Infected colonies
    • Time to visual symptoms
    • Hygenic behavior of honey bees
  • Spread of AFB
    • Extracted honey supers
    • Transferring frames
    • Empty comb
    • Other hive parts
    • Robbing
    • Causes of robbing
    • Drift
    • Queens and package bees
    • Swarms
    • Beeswax foundation
    • Beekeeping equipment
    • Flowers and soil
    • Honey and pollen feeding
    • Varroa control strips
  • Disease Inspection & Diagnosis
    • Visual inspections
    • Shaking bees from frames
    • Inspecting frames
    • Checking dead hives
    • Field diagnosis
    • Ropiness test
    • Identifying scale
    • Differential diagnosis
    • Sacbrood
    • Chalkbrood
    • Half-moon syndrome
    • Parasitic mite syndrome
    • European foulbrood
    • Inspection training and refreshers
    • Laboratory diagnosis of AFB
    • Deciding what to test
    • Collecting samples
    • Marking the hive
    • Labelling the sample
    • Information to accompany sample
    • Interpreting results
  • Collecting AFB Samples for Testing at the Lab
  • Dealing with Hives & Equipment
    • Cleaning equipment
    • Marking hives with AFB
    • Records and reporting
    • Closing hives with AFB
    • Killing colonies
    • Burning AFB colonies
    • Sterilising beehive equipment
    • Wax dipping
    • Sodium hypochlorite
    • Storing contaminated equipment
    • Testing and destroying feral colonies
  • Eliminating AFB in Beekeeping Outfits
    • Modifying the frequency and effectiveness of disease inspections
    • Frequency of inspections
    • Timing of inspections
    • Inspection when honey is removed
    • Percentage of brood frames inspected
    • Shaking bees off frames before inspecting
    • Training and supervision of staff
    • Changes in management practices
    • Quarantine
    • Hive quarantine
    • Apiary quarantine
    • Area quarantine
    • Selecting breeding stock for hygienic behaviour
  • Beekeeping and the Law
    • AFBPMP Order 1998
  • AFB Authorised Person Inspection Activity
  • Sale and Purchase Agreement Template for Downloading
  • Beekeeping in NZ
    • Reported incidents - maps
    • Diagnosis of Common Honey Bee Brood Diseases
  • Take the 5 minute AFB quiz
  • Health and Safety
  • Education, Courses, Videos, Resources & Policy Statements
    • AFB Recognition Courses (with test)
    • AFB Refresher Courses (no test)
    • AFB Recognition Test (via Proctor)
    • AFB Recognition - Competency Reference Photos
    • Resources
    • Videos
    • Policy Statements
    • Replacement Certificates
  • Forms
    • New to beekeeping or apiary registration form
    • Transfer of apiary sites
    • Apiary/beekeeper deregistration form (CANCEL)
    • Multiple apiary deregistration
    • AFB Reporting and Destruction Form
    • Destruction of AFB
    • Disease Elimination Conformity Agreement (DECA)
    • List of COI Inspectors for Non DECA Holders
  • News
    • Key Industry Information
  • Glossary

Contact

Office Phone
0800 AFB PMP (0800 232 767)

General Inquiries

info@afb.org.nz
Postal Addr
PO Box 44282
Lower Hutt
New Zealand

Physical Addr
Level 4
187 Featherston Street
Wellington
Email Manager - Clifton King

manager@afb.org.nz
Cell Phone - Clifton King

022 061 9501
AFB Recognition Course Training

training@afb.org.nz
Queries relating to levies

levies@afb.org.nz
AsureQuality
0508 00 11 22

 

   



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