Hub Meeting
AFB Update from AFBPMP and New AFB Testing Methods
DATE: Tuesday the 23rd of February 2021
VENUE: Midlands Apiaries, 6JB Cullen Drive Ashburton.
START: 5.30 pm
MEAL: Barbeque – supplied $10 per person and Beers - (BYO)
TOPIC: AFB – THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY!
PRESENTER 1: Marco Gonzalez National Operations Manager (Southern Region)
American Foulbrood National Pest Management Plan
Report from the National Agency of the season just been
PRESENTER 2: John Mackay, technical director, dnature diagnostics & research Limited, Gisborne.
The Foster method – swabbing for infectious disease as a new tool for AFB Sampling.
HIVE REPORTS: Hear how local beehives have fared over the honey flow, some reflections on the honey season just gone… updates from commercial and hobbyist beekeepers!
Register now at apinzcanterbury.org.nz
On Behalf of the Canterbury Hub Committee