Other Animal Disease — South Africa
American foulbrood disease is killing the bee population and this is threatening the pollination of next season’s crop. “It is a crisis. There is no known cure for the brood. It is the Aids of honeybees,” says Mike Miles, chairman of the SA [South Africa] Bee Industry Organisation.
With 1/3 of the Cape’s bees infected, there will not be enough hives to rent to farmers for the pollination of fruit, an industry worth Rand 7-billion [about USD 530 million], said Miles. “If you do not have
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