Other Animal Disease — New Zealand
The Waikato Domestic Bee Association (WDBA) is calling on all Hamilton [Waikato] beekeepers to help rid the city of the hive-destroying American foulbrood disease (AFB). An AFB infection causes death of the honey bee (_Apis mellifera_) larvae. The disease is in almost all countries where honey bees are found.
The AFB bacterium produces resistant, long-lived spores and an infected beehive will usually be killed by the disease. The infection can be present in a beehive but not initially
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