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Laboratory testing of honey

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 …
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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

honey bee on a flower in spring

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 …
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chalkbrood, hive management, honey, queen bees, spring, supplementary feeding, swarming

Breeding, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases

Characteristic dark, perforated cell cappings from an American foulbrood infested colony

Published - 3 September 2019
By Nadine Chapman, Tom Gillard

American Foulbrood

American Foulbrood is a highly contagious and fatal disease caused by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. This bacterium can survive for extended periods by forming spores …
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American foulbrood, barrier management, biosecurity, hive management

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

Open sugar syrup feeder

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 …
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biosecurity, hive management, nosema, nutrition, pollen, sugar, supplementary feeding

Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases

Chalkbrood mummies at the entrance to a colony

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 …
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barrier management, chalkbrood, hive management, spring

Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases

honey in jar

Published - 5 August 2019
By Diana Leemon

What is the national honey levy?

The National Honey Levy is a compulsory levy established in 1962 at the request of the Australian honey bee industry. Honey that is produced in …
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Agrifutures Australia, emergency plant pest response, Honey levies, national residue survey, Plant Health Australia, research

Policy and compliance

A queen bee being fed by a worker

Published - 30 July 2019
By Nadine Chapman

The queen is dead. Long live the queen.

The queen is the most important individual in a honey bee colony. Having young, quality queens is an easy way for beekeepers to maximise their …
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Breeding, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases

barrier management

Published - 22 July 2019
By Nadine Chapman

Barrier management systems

The Australian Honey Bee Industry Biosecurity Code of Practice recommends the implementation of a barrier system that divides the apiary into one or more isolated …
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AFB, American foulbrood, barrier management, biosecurity, community of practice

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

AHBIC

Published - 15 July 2019
By Nadine Chapman

Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC)

The Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC) vision is a sustainable and profitable Australian honey bee industry providing food security and market opportunities. AHBIC’s mission …
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AHBIC, biosecurity

Beekeeping on public land, Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Pollination, Registration, Training & resources

almonds

Published - 4 July 2019
By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney

Almond pollination: hive management

Every year in August over 200,000 bee colonies are taken to New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia to pollinate more than 30,000 hectares (Almond …
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almonds, biosecurity, hive management, pollination

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

bee hives

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. …
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American foulbrood, autumn, hive management, nosema, supplementary feeding, winter

Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Nutrition, Pests and diseases

wax moth

Published - 11 June 2019
By Nadine Chapman

Wax moth

There are two species of wax moth in Australia. These are the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella and the lesser wax moth Achroia grisella. Both …
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comb storage, spring, summer, wax moth

Managing your hives, Pests and diseases

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