Published - 9 February 2026 By Dave Fairhall, NSW DPIRD The Honey Bee Biosecurity Code of Practice has been updated The Australian Honey Bee Industry Biosecurity Code of Practice (the Code) was revised in late 2025 to reflect the establishment of Varroa destructor in parts … Read More American foulbrood, biosecurity, brood inspection, code of practice, honey testing, recordkeeping, registration, reporting, robbing Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Registration, Training & resources, Varroa
Published - 17 January 2020 By Nadine Chapman Are your hives registered? It is important to register your hive/s, no matter how big or small your operations. Not only does this enable the industry to more accurately … Read More biosecurity, code of practise Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Disaster relief, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Registration
Published - 2 April 2019 By Liz Frost Apiary sites on public lands The Australian beekeeping industry depends on access to apiary sites on both private and public land. Private land sites are up to the beekeeper to … Read More Beekeeping on public land, Managing your hives, Policy and compliance, Training & resources
Published - 6 November 2023 By Emily Noordyke Introduction to Integrated Pest Management for Beekeepers It can be overwhelming to decide how to manage pests and diseases in your honey bee colonies, especially when there is already a long list … Read More biosecurity, hive management, mites, pests and disease, sugar shake Biosecurity, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance
Published - 31 October 2023 By Nadine Chapman, Professional Beekeepers CoP Who is Professional Beekeepers for? The Professional Beekeepers Community of Practice has been established to meet the needs of rural and regional Australians for the extension of beekeeping knowledge and … Read More biosecurity, breeding, hive management, Plan bee, queen bees, varroa 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 - 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 … Read More Africanised bees, biosecurity, breeding, import, mites, quarantine, varroa, virus Biosecurity, Breeding, Genetics, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance
Published - 27 June 2022 By Elizabeth Frost, NSW Department of Primary Industries Help eradicate Varroa mite NSW Department of Primary Industries’ early warning system has detected Varroa mites, which was confirmed as Varroa destructor species, in biosecurity surveillance hives at the Port of … Read More AHBIC, alcohol wash, biosecurity, drone uncapping, emergency response, hive registration, pests and disease, sticky mats, sugar shake, varroa destructor Biosecurity, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance
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 … Read More biosecurity, code of practise, policy, training Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Training & resources
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 … Read More alcohol wash, biosecurity, hive inspections, sugar shake, Tropilaelaps, varroa Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance
Published - 31 October 2021 By Mark Page, NSW DPI Nuisance bees With a growth in the keeping of bees especially in high residential areas, there are a few things to consider so that your bees do … Read More aggression, breeding, light, queens, requeening, swarming, water Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Policy and compliance
Published - 22 October 2021 By Elizabeth Frost, NSW DPI NSW Beekeeping Industry – 2020 economic report NSW Performance Data and Insights 2020 The NSW Primary Industries Performance Data & Insights (PDI) highlights the economic output of the NSW Primary Industries sector each … Read More bee hive products, emerging markets, honey, policy and compliance, queen bees, wax Beekeeping on public land, Honey, Nutrition, Policy and compliance, Pollination
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 … Read More American foulbrood, biosecurity, disease, European foulbrood, training Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Training & resources
