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AFB Case Study – AFB alert

We were expecting the alert here at the lab. The beekeeper had just left after he had brought his hives Read More

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Research into amitraz resistance continues at dnature

John Mackay, Technical Director It is interesting that once a genetic culprit can be linked to treatment resistance, that reports Read More

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Southland Beekeeper Wins AFB Compensation Claim

source: Apiarist’s Advocate George Bell’s first thought when he discovered American foulbrood (AFB) in his hives was not to gain Read More

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Amitraz Resistance Update

In our last apiculture newsletter, we described the development of new assays to detect two mutations (DNA changes) in the Read More

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New Test Kit Simplifies AFB Sampling

dnature diagnostics & research is a New Zealand owned DNA diagnostic business that specialises in DNA testing using a technique called qPCR.