Our local beekeepers have issued the following reminder: Do not dump unwashed honey jars into the Glass Recycle Containers. Rinse them out really well.
Any honey remnant left in the jar can contribute to the transference of the
- Amerikanische Faulbrut (German)
- Paenibacillus larvae (Latin)
- American Foulbrood
which is one of the most detrimental bacterial bee diseases of its kind on a global scale. 80 – 90% of all imported honey contains spores of this disease, which is an additional threat to our local bee population.
Please rinse the jars very carefully before dropping them in the container.
The next step is: the introduction of the requirement that imported honey be analyzed to detect the possible presence of American Foulbrood bacteria.
