Biosecurity

Published - 10 November 2021
By Rod Bourke, NSW DPI

Australian beekeepers need to regularly check for exotic mites

Australian honey industry at risk from exotic mites
The majority of Australian beekeepers are completely unskilled and unprepared should mites arrive to our shores and start …
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alcohol wash, biosecurity, hive inspections, sugar shake, Tropilaelaps, varroa

Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance

Published - 27 September 2021
By Kelly Lees, NSW DPI

One hive or too many to count: Why pest and disease training matters

A experienced beekeeper (20 years of keeping bees) attending training in honey bee biosecurity described to the class how after inspecting some hives and discovering …
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American foulbrood, biosecurity, disease, European foulbrood, training

Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Training & resources

Published - 27 August 2021
By John Roberts

Safe imports of new bee genetics into Australia

Queen bee breeders are the backbone of the honey bee industry. They breed queens from the best performing stock so that beekeepers can have productive …
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Africanised bees, biosecurity, breeding, import, mites, quarantine, varroa, virus

Biosecurity, Breeding, Genetics, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance

Published - 9 August 2021
By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney

Tropilaelaps mites

There are at least four species of Tropilaelaps mites, all native to Asia. Two species are able to parasitize the worker and drone brood of …
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brood disease, mites, pests, Tropilaelaps, varroa

Biosecurity, Pests and diseases

Published - 2 July 2021
By Elizabeth Frost

Record-keeping for bee biosecurity and production

Biosecurity is everyone’s responsibility, including beekeepers, but what is biosecurity and how does it help our honey bees?
According to the Department of Health, biosecurity …
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biosecurity, code of practise, hive inspection, record keeping

Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives

Published - 24 June 2021
By Professional Beekeepers CoP

Professional Beekeepers Community of Practice

“ExtensionAUS Professional Beekeepers” provides the most current, relevant and accurate information on research, best beekeeping practices, hot topics and business solutions for the Australian beekeeping …
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Agrichemicals, Beekeeping on public land, Biosecurity, Breeding, Code of Practice, Disaster relief, Genetics, Honey, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee, Policy and compliance, Pollination, Registration, Training & resources

Published - 5 March 2021
By Nadine Chapman

Hive inspections

Under the Australian honey bee industry biosecurity code of practice beekeepers are required to inspect their hives at least twice per year and to keep …
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American foulbrood, biosecurity, code of practise, hive inspections, hive movements, mites, records, varroa

Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Registration, Training & resources

Published - 19 February 2021
By Nadine Chapman

Large African hive beetle

There are two species of large African hive beetle a) Oplostomus fuligineus (Photo courtesy B Oldroyd) and b) Oplostomus haroldi (Photo courtesy M Allsopp)
The large …
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large African hive beetle, pests and disease

Biosecurity, Pests and diseases

Published - 31 July 2020
By Nadine Chapman

Braula fly (walk)

Braula coeca fly on a honey beePhoto courtesy M Zhang
What do you call a fly with no wings? A walk.
Braula coeca is just that, …
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braula, louse, mites, pests

Biosecurity, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases

Published - 8 April 2020
By Nadine Chapman

BOLT: biosecurity online training

About the course
A brood frame with a poor brood pattern due to chalkbrood infectionM. V. Smith, University of Guelph
The Biosecurity for Beekeepers BOLT course provides …
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biosecurity, code of practise, policy, training

Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Training & resources

Published - 4 April 2020
By Nadine Chapman

Can Aussie bees tolerate Varroa?

Australia is the lucky country, particularly for beekeepers.
Around the world, the beekeeping industry has been devastated by the ectoparasitic mite Varroa and the diseases …
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sugar shake, varroa

Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Pests and diseases

Published - 7 February 2020
By Nadine Chapman (University of Sydney)

Keeping out killer bees

Apis mellifera scutellata was introduced to Brazil from Africa in 1956 to solve the issue of poor performance of European honey bees in Brazil. The …
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Africa, Africanized killer bees, capensis, scutellata

Biosecurity, Genetics, Pests and diseases