Published - 7 August 2020 By Nadine Chapman European Foulbrood European foulbrood is a bacterial disease caused by Melissococcus plutonius. It is highly contagious. The brood are infected by food contaminated with the bacterium. The … Read More American foulbrood, European foulbrood, hive management Agrichemicals, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases
Published - 22 June 2020 By Patsavee Utaipanon Is one food source good enough? Effects of monoculture on honey bees Nothing is as Australian as Vegemite on toast, but what if that was all you ate for every meal, every day? If that doesn’t sound very … Read More diet diversity, mononoculture, nutrition, pollination, remnant vegetation, weeds Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pollination
Published - 30 April 2020 By Nadine Chapman Nutrition for honey bees Honey bees eat nectar (carbohydrates) and pollen (protein). Simple. But we can make it more complex: amino acids, fats, minerals and vitamins. Carbohydrates Colonies will perish within … Read More carbohydrate, diet, fat, minerals, nutrition, pollen, protein, supplements, vitamins Managing your hives, Nutrition
Published - 17 March 2020 By Nadine Chapman (University of Sydney) To feed or not to feed? Part 2. The importance of nutrition to disease Honey bee populations have declined in many parts of the globe, with pests and diseases being a major cause. An Agrifutures Australia project, led by … Read More autumn, hive management, nosema, nutrition, pollen Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases
Published - 13 March 2020 By Nadine Chapman Hive management for Nosema Nosemosis is a disease of honey bees caused by the parasites Nosema apis and N. ceranae. Nosemosis often affects adult field bees which can reduce … Read More autumn, biosecurity, hive management, nosema, winter Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance
Published - 11 November 2019 By Nadine Chapman Australian pollinator week This week is devoted to celebrating pollinators. Pollinators include: bees, flies, wasps, moths, butterflies, bats and other small mammals, and birds. According to an AgriFutures Australia … Read More agriculture, Agrifutures Australia, BeeAware, crop guides, Hort Innovation, pollination, Pollinator week Agrichemicals, Beekeeping on public land, Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Nutrition, Pests and diseases, Pollination
Published - 28 October 2019 By Liz Frost, Dr Doug Somerville “Honey and Pollen Flora of South-Eastern Australia” – read all about it Honey and Pollen Flora of South-Eastern Australia is a long-awaited publication written by Dr. Doug Somerville, Technical Specialist, Bees with the NSW Department of Primary … Read More acacia, angophora, corymbia, eucalyptus, honey, leatherwood, pollen Beekeeping on public land, Honey, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pollination
Published - 16 September 2019 By Nadine Chapman Honey testing: more to the story Laboratory testing of honey.Source: http://www.chemcentre.wa.gov.au/Our-Services/Primary-Industry-chemistry/Honey-analysis There have been a few media reports about honey adulteration in Australia in the past year. This has resulted in a … Read More acacia, banksia, bioactive honey, honey, honey standards, leatherwood, Leptospermum, NMR, red gum, supplementary feeding Agrichemicals, Code of Practice, Honey, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Policy and compliance
Published - 12 September 2019 By Nadine Chapman Spring management Spring has sprung, and it is time for beekeepers to spring into action to ensure a good season. Early spring inspections Is there a laying queen? Is there … Read More chalkbrood, hive management, honey, queen bees, spring, supplementary feeding, swarming Breeding, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases
Published - 23 August 2019 By Nadine Chapman, Dr Doug Somerville To feed or not to feed By definition honey is a “natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of blossoms … which honey bees collect, transform and combine … Read More biosecurity, hive management, nosema, nutrition, pollen, sugar, supplementary feeding Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases
Published - 19 August 2019 By Nadine Chapman Chalkbrood The fungus Ascosphaera apis causes chalkbrood disease in honey bees. The disease occurs in honey bee larvae fed fungal spores by nurse bees. The spores … Read More barrier management, chalkbrood, hive management, spring Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases
Published - 24 June 2019 By Nadine Chapman Hive management: Autumn & winter Hive management in autumn is critical to ensuring your hives survive winter. Disease and colony management is best performed in autumn rather than in winter. … Read More American foulbrood, autumn, hive management, nosema, supplementary feeding, winter Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases
