New Zealand Alpine Honey owner Peter Ward, of Hawea, swabs the entrance of a hive to check for American Foulbrood disease. PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA new technology helping fight against a bee-killing disease is a "massive breakthrough", an Otago apiarist says. He had been beekeeping for nearly 45 years and the highly contagious American Foulbrood disease was a "constant concern". Swabbing a hive entrance was much quicker and easier than the most common method of checking for the disease by opening the hive for a visual inspection. He believed the technology would be the primary tool for eliminating the disease in New Zealand.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 05, 2021 16:30 UTC