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As far as I'm aware, burning hives is standard practice. The real stinger here is lack of insurance or support from the government.
by yareal 2y ago
As far as I'm aware, burning hives is standard practice. The real stinger here is lack of insurance or support from the government.
- jandrese 2y agoIt is baffling to me that insurance isn't available for this. This is exactly the kind of situation that insurance exists for. There should be someone willing to underwrite it.
- Dig1t 2y agoBeing forced by the government to burn all your equipment and all your bees, needlessly, is not standard practice.
- giantg2 2y agoIs it needlessly? I didn't see anything in the article that said it was needless. The remediation practices seem to be roughly in line with other countries.
- Dig1t 2y agoThe article talks about an alternative: vaccination. Also people in other countries, like the another poster in here talking about how they do heat treatment in Germany and don’t need to burn hives.
- giantg2 2y agoVaccination isn't an alternative to an already infected hive. The vaccine was the first in the world and was only approved for the first time last year. That's not a feasible alternative at this time. The heat treatment they talk about is performed in the US too. You generally still need to burn your frames. You are allowed to char the inside of your hive body. It's not a meaningful difference as the frames are the more valuable part. It wouldn't surprise me if New Zealand allows charring the inside of the hive bodies and the farm decided against it due to labor concerns with the volume of equipment.
- yareal 2y agoAFB vaccination is less than two years old and is not available worldwide. The majority of beekeepers expect to burn or absolutely sterilize any equipment that contacts it. The EU requires equipment to be destroyed if it contacts AFB. The standard practice is fire, full stop.
- jethro_tell 2y agoOn one hand, probably yes, on the other hand, if that's the way it's been done for 200+ years as this guy says, then it's not sound to be running a business without a plan for that until things are changed.