The Giggins family has only been keeping bees for three years, producing honey, their own queens and developing training services, but the family has a long association with bees.
Although using dogs for detection of AFB was not new, Mr Giggins believes it is the first time a dog of Missy's breed had been trained for the task. As part of industry regulation, the DPI scans fields and orchards looking for disease through commercial cropping times.
Great story, real Australians doing interesting and positive things with their life, and Missy is wonderful.
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