Letter to the Editor

摘要

In his response to my article on acetic acid fumigation and EFB, Andrew Stainer-Smith asks for more evidence of effectiveness.The NBU produces excellent advisory leaflets and booklets that I would not hesitate to recommend. However, they are necessarily pragmatic, having to deal successfully with the lowest common denominator - both of treatment effectiveness and beekeeper diligence. It is fair to say that some of this is "failsafe advice", and rightly so. The current issue of Foulbrood Diseases of Honey Bees states on page 33 However, there is no evidence that [acetic acid fumigation] is effective against AFB or EFB.