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Thank you Brian for your interest in this. It is when you have a claim that you find out exactly how good the policy is and this is where I found it lacking. The time of year when outbreak discovered plays a huge part in how you can recover. If in Spring / Summer then I could have made up some...

Thank you for reply. Made up frames is not covered on their policy doc. Worth checking on line. They pay set amounts and reduce for condition. I think the BFA is best bet once I have reestablished numbers.

I lost 5 colonies to EFB in Sept 22 and as it was so late in season after destroying colonies I was left struggling to re-establish last season. BDI doesn't cover bees, honey, wax foundation or the time to make up new frames.

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Hi I am based near Ledbury and for last 20 years been keeping 12 to 15 National hives and a couple of legacy WBCs. Autumn 22 I lost 5 hives to EFB and over that winter lost remaining hives to a lack of winter bees produced in Autumn 22. This problem was widespread locally and resulted in tiny...