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Topic: European foulbrood

Brood infected with European Foulbrood
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 …
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American foulbrood, European foulbrood, hive management

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

Working with brood frames
Published - 4 June 2020
By Nadine Chapman
Hygienic behaviour

For a colony to show hygienic behaviour, there are three things the workers must do.

The first is detection: a worker bee must sense that …
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American foulbrood, brood disease, chalkbrood, European foulbrood, hive management, hygienic behaviour, varroa

Breeding, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases

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