What to feed

[Mici]

when i was writting the question i had that baning in my head, but it seemed absurd to me-i had to have had it wrong, so i wrote it anyways.
but the question remains, what chain of events cause it?

[Michael Bush]

>Keeping colonies strong doesn't prevent AFB.

Everything I've read would say it does and that weak colonies tend to get AFB.

[imabkpr]

 Your weak colony could have been exposed to the afb from a strong colony with afb entering the weaker colony.  I have seen this happen. Charlie

[fredtioga]

What amount of pollen substitute or pollen should I have on hand to jump start an over wintered colony and how much for a new package?  (Natural pollen will probably be available when the pkg arrives.)