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Speaker 0 describes a situation in New Zealand where they have been instructed to burn a perfectly healthy, strong beehive. The hives are thriving, with new queen cells forming, indicating strong colony health. Despite this, there is a directive to burn the healthy hives because Marco Gonzalez from MPI has told them that the site is abandoned. The speaker contends that Gonzalez “just wants the bee site, boom, to the south,” and asserts there is no disease present, pointing to the visibly healthy colonies.
The speaker emphasizes that the hives are perfectly strong and disease-free, noting that last week staff told them to start bringing boxes to the site. They received an email from Marco Gonzalez instructing them to burn the bee hives because they were banned. The speaker insists on the observed health of the hives, showing a “brand new treatment” and stating that it is a perfectly healthy treatment. They argue that, for beekeepers, this treatment is recognized as perfectly healthy, and that the site had been recently worked—“very recently, I mean weeks ago.”
The speaker also mentions that an AP2 officer had stated that this site is a perfectly healthy site and it’s great, ready for splitting. Throughout, the speaker repeatedly points to the apparent contradiction between the instruction to burn healthy hives and the evidence of robust health, absence of disease, recent treatment, and professional assessment indicating the site was suitable for splitting. They urge the listener to observe the healthy state of the hives, highlighting the new queen development and the strong, disease-free condition as key indicators of the hives’ vitality.