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Outbreak of bacterial disease in Hawke's Bay hives
Updated at 3:22 pm on 6 September 2011
The Hawke's Bay Beekeepers president says a significant outbreak of American Foul Brood disease in the region highlights the need for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to prosecute irresponsible beekeepers.
The bacterial disease, first recorded in New Zealand in 1877, is the most widespread and destructive of the brood diseases...
Outbreak of bacterial disease in Hawke's Bay hives
Updated at 3:22 pm on 6 September 2011
The Hawke's Bay Beekeepers president says a significant outbreak of American Foul Brood disease in the region highlights the need for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to prosecute irresponsible beekeepers.
The bacterial disease, first recorded in New Zealand in 1877, is the most widespread and destructive of the brood diseases...