Once American foulbrood disease (AFB) has been identified in one or more hives owned/managed by a beekeeper then an effective eradication program requires all hives to be inspected on a regular basis until they are able to be declared free from AFB.

Depending on the level of infection present in the apiaries, AFB can be expected to be eradicated from all apiaries in three to five rounds of inspections carried out at 6-8 week intervals. This Primefact includes information on the four-step process of inspecting and managing hives in order to eradicate AFB from an apiary.