I totally agree with you. Normal bee hive environments, isn't within controlling laboratory environments. Plus the last report I heard of getting AFB, local state laws states, to burn all infected equipment. Recommend to also bury all of the burn equipment too. Bees included.
In the 1920's 25% of Michigan hives had AFB. That was 100 years ago. Michigan State University has a story on it but I couldn't post the link to it. Sorry y'all. To me it's not good. But I am a natural born skeptic. To each his own. And thanks for your work helping keeping us up on these things
It also would make sense to add the vaccine to sugar syrup since there would be many more chances to also get the vaccine to the larvae when the nurse bees feed the medicated syrups to the larval feed (jelly) in each cell . Both ways would seem a great way to get the treatment into each cell .
Emily I like the way u 🤔 think myself I think 🤔 I will set back on this one and see how it pans out.and concentrate my time doing Harbo test and work on vsh traits and do what I can do here in my apiarys
Maybe they approved it so they can see what happens when it's out in bee yards. Your right it is a very good idea but still a little scary knowing that it just been tried out in a laboratory .
Liked, loved and subbed. I'm writing a novel about an apiarist set in a post-apocalyptic world. All the videos beekeepers/farmers are truly inspirational. Thank you. Peace from the UK.
I can just imagine the lines of bees for this vaccine. Hope they stay in the "Heck No" line. This is like so old school and it took the US this long to create something for it. At this rate they'll not find anything more complete for varroa in our lifetime.
How common is AFB? Over the past 10 years or so, I've identified five cases in my county (I am the county bee inspector) and one case in an adjacent county. So, it is a lot less prevalent than it was in my youth back in the '60s. (More about that later.) I think that prophylactic use of antibiotics (now banned) is the reason AFB is less common today. However, the state bee inspectors say that the rate of AFB cases is growing in our state since we lost antibiotics as a preventative tool. We desperately need a new tool to keep the infection rate under control. Dalan's new vaccine give me hope as did BroodSafe (off the market). Two of the cases in my county were feral colonies in a shed. These were nasty -- well advanced and the colonies were failing. They were located about a half mile from my own apiary. You guessed it, right after I cleaned up those diseased colonies (fire and bleach), I noticed the beginnings of an AFB infection in one of my colonies -- my bees had been robbing those AFB-weakened colonies. Fortunately, I caught my case very early and applied the appropriate treatment (fire) before it spread to my other hives. No problem since. When I got into bees as a 4-H project in about 1962, everyone who wasn't using antibiotics struggled with AFB. When I started, we were prophylactically using powdered penicillin mixed with powdered sugar. By the mid '60s, AFB was showing resistance to penicillin, so we switched to terramycin. About 1965, I saw an ad in the paper with used hives for sale. I jumped in Dad's '58 Edsel station wagon to go buy the stuff. I asked the seller why he was selling. He said, "My bees died." That's what you call a clue. The clue didn't catch my attention so I bought the stuff and took it home. I started doing splits to expand my little operation. Within a couple of weeks everything was rotten with AFB. I burned and scorched a lot of my investment -- a hard lesson for a 16-year-old. Moral: Be very careful when buying used equipment. That was my last persona experience with AFB until the above-mentioned case. BTW, the first honey bees imported into North America was in 1622 in Jamestown, Virginia. We had absolutely no problem with AFB for decades after that. The reason? As that boat was crossing the Atlantic, they'd toss dead and smelly hives (skeps) into the sea. The hives that made it to Jamestown were clean. A few decades later, we imported new stock (Italians, I believe) to replace the German black bees and that importation brought in the AFB curse.
I had four rescued hives in a yard in the UK about 15 years ago EFB confirmed ... The bees had been abandoned for a year ... It's notifiable here so I got a visit from the regional bee Inspector a lady called Diane Steele NBU ( national bee unit ) ... She showed me what to do ... Burning affected frames and old hive parts ... She told me to implement IPM integrated pest management and the only problems now are varroa and wax moth ... So I am thinking that EFB and AFB would only happen in really neglected hives and hopefully a rare thing
The bees were kept , they were very dark caste , a lot like the native bee A m.m ... so decided to quarantine them in new hives .. they did really well
Props up weak genes. Bees evolve and adapt to their environments without human interference. I’m more interested in the changes to the honey that humans consume after bees are fed spores.
Hmmmm yeah im on your side, reminds me of Jurassic Park a little bit, "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they Could, they didn't Stop to think if they Should." Humans meddling with nature herself just doesn't seem like a good idea and also makes me think of the Why, are we doing it for the Bees benefit...or our Own? Also I'm worried about the long term affect this might have? Short term might be fantastic but what if we create a bigger problem down the line like u said about creating weaker genetics that are now Dependent on Us and what happened when We're not here then what? I guess we shall see, I just want what's best for ur winged friends, they were here Way before us and they don't Need us they'll be here Long after we're gone as well. Definitely something to keep an eye on and I'll be Here for any updates on this👍Thanks for another thought provoking video my friend, Always brightens my day when I get a notification my Favorite Keeper has a New video up☺️Hope ur doing well and I will see U in the next one👑🐝💛#emilyisthebeesknees #beefitbeeyard #beefitbeekeeping #beefithoney #beefit #beekind #savethenativebees #queenbeeemily👑
With any research paper you need to look for author bias. In this case it is likely that, because the research was paid for by the phamaceutical company that wants to sell it, the authors were biased. It was a very small trial of only 60 hives and the reported results suggest 30 to 40% efficiency. I'd be guessing in the real world it's more like 20%. I'm not sure that anyone would bother using something that doesn't really work. One thing comes to mind is the way the polio vax actually gave many children Polio because it was poorly manufactured. One stuffup like that and AFB will spread widely.
I totally agree with you. Normal bee hive environments, isn't within controlling laboratory environments. Plus the last report I heard of getting AFB, local state laws states, to burn all infected equipment. Recommend to also bury all of the burn equipment too. Bees included.
In the 1920's 25% of Michigan hives had AFB. That was 100 years ago. Michigan State University has a story on it but I couldn't post the link to it. Sorry y'all. To me it's not good. But I am a natural born skeptic. To each his own. And thanks for your work helping keeping us up on these things
Hands down my favorite girl beekeeper.😊. Keep up the good work.
Wow, for AFB? That's fantastic. I hope it works out well. I was hoping something like this might come along.
Just rotate your old honeycomb out of the hive every four or five years that’ll help keep it away
This is so interesting and beautifully explained. Love your passion Emily, thanks.
You are so welcome! ☺️
Happy to have ya here!!
Have great weekend my friend ❤
Thanks ☺️ I hope you do too!
It also would make sense to add the vaccine to sugar syrup since there would be many more chances to also get the vaccine to the larvae when the nurse bees feed the medicated syrups to the larval feed (jelly) in each cell . Both ways would seem a great way to get the treatment into each cell .
So informational and helpful to help understand this new and exciting advance to potentially help the bee population. Tx
Happy you liked it! ♥️ thanks for watching ☺️
Emily I like the way u 🤔 think myself I think 🤔 I will set back on this one and see how it pans out.and concentrate my time doing Harbo test and work on vsh traits and do what I can do here in my apiarys
This technology would be great if they would apply it toward the varroa mite.
Maybe they approved it so they can see what happens when it's out in bee yards. Your right it is a very good idea but still a little scary knowing that it just been tried out in a laboratory .
Liked, loved and subbed. I'm writing a novel about an apiarist set in a post-apocalyptic world. All the videos beekeepers/farmers are truly inspirational. Thank you. Peace from the UK.
That sounds like a fun read! Let me know when it’s done! I’d love to read it ☺️
This is good news.
No way I'm going to hold each bee down for a vaccine, even my nice bees...no way man!
@Cluelessbeekeeping You obviously didn't listen to Emily. They feed the vax to the queen.
@@FlakeyPM No way man, they inject it into her arm-leg.
Found your mini smoker!!!!!
Woot woot! Oooo you found it before I announced to look for it 😉
I can just imagine the lines of bees for this vaccine. Hope they stay in the "Heck No" line. This is like so old school and it took the US this long to create something for it. At this rate they'll not find anything more complete for varroa in our lifetime.
How common is AFB? Over the past 10 years or so, I've identified five cases in my county (I am the county bee inspector) and one case in an adjacent county. So, it is a lot less prevalent than it was in my youth back in the '60s. (More about that later.) I think that prophylactic use of antibiotics (now banned) is the reason AFB is less common today. However, the state bee inspectors say that the rate of AFB cases is growing in our state since we lost antibiotics as a preventative tool. We desperately need a new tool to keep the infection rate under control. Dalan's new vaccine give me hope as did BroodSafe (off the market).
Two of the cases in my county were feral colonies in a shed. These were nasty -- well advanced and the colonies were failing. They were located about a half mile from my own apiary. You guessed it, right after I cleaned up those diseased colonies (fire and bleach), I noticed the beginnings of an AFB infection in one of my colonies -- my bees had been robbing those AFB-weakened colonies. Fortunately, I caught my case very early and applied the appropriate treatment (fire) before it spread to my other hives. No problem since.
When I got into bees as a 4-H project in about 1962, everyone who wasn't using antibiotics struggled with AFB. When I started, we were prophylactically using powdered penicillin mixed with powdered sugar. By the mid '60s, AFB was showing resistance to penicillin, so we switched to terramycin.
About 1965, I saw an ad in the paper with used hives for sale. I jumped in Dad's '58 Edsel station wagon to go buy the stuff. I asked the seller why he was selling. He said, "My bees died." That's what you call a clue. The clue didn't catch my attention so I bought the stuff and took it home. I started doing splits to expand my little operation. Within a couple of weeks everything was rotten with AFB. I burned and scorched a lot of my investment -- a hard lesson for a 16-year-old. Moral: Be very careful when buying used equipment. That was my last persona experience with AFB until the above-mentioned case.
BTW, the first honey bees imported into North America was in 1622 in Jamestown, Virginia. We had absolutely no problem with AFB for decades after that. The reason? As that boat was crossing the Atlantic, they'd toss dead and smelly hives (skeps) into the sea. The hives that made it to Jamestown were clean. A few decades later, we imported new stock (Italians, I believe) to replace the German black bees and that importation brought in the AFB curse.
I had four rescued hives in a yard in the UK about 15 years ago EFB confirmed ... The bees had been abandoned for a year ... It's notifiable here so I got a visit from the regional bee Inspector a lady called Diane Steele NBU ( national bee unit ) ... She showed me what to do ... Burning affected frames and old hive parts ... She told me to implement IPM integrated pest management and the only problems now are varroa and wax moth ... So I am thinking that EFB and AFB would only happen in really neglected hives and hopefully a rare thing
The bees were kept , they were very dark caste , a lot like the native bee A m.m ... so decided to quarantine them in new hives .. they did really well
Props up weak genes. Bees evolve and adapt to their environments without human interference. I’m more interested in the changes to the honey that humans consume after bees are fed spores.
Hmmmm yeah im on your side, reminds me of Jurassic Park a little bit, "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they Could, they didn't Stop to think if they Should." Humans meddling with nature herself just doesn't seem like a good idea and also makes me think of the Why, are we doing it for the Bees benefit...or our Own? Also I'm worried about the long term affect this might have? Short term might be fantastic but what if we create a bigger problem down the line like u said about creating weaker genetics that are now Dependent on Us and what happened when We're not here then what? I guess we shall see, I just want what's best for ur winged friends, they were here Way before us and they don't Need us they'll be here Long after we're gone as well. Definitely something to keep an eye on and I'll be Here for any updates on this👍Thanks for another thought provoking video my friend, Always brightens my day when I get a notification my Favorite Keeper has a New video up☺️Hope ur doing well and I will see U in the next one👑🐝💛#emilyisthebeesknees #beefitbeeyard #beefitbeekeeping #beefithoney #beefit #beekind #savethenativebees #queenbeeemily👑
With any research paper you need to look for author bias. In this case it is likely that, because the research was paid for by the phamaceutical company that wants to sell it, the authors were biased. It was a very small trial of only 60 hives and the reported results suggest 30 to 40% efficiency. I'd be guessing in the real world it's more like 20%. I'm not sure that anyone would bother using something that doesn't really work.
One thing comes to mind is the way the polio vax actually gave many children Polio because it was poorly manufactured. One stuffup like that and AFB will spread widely.
I’m not supportive of a vax for bees