Published - 13 November 2024 By Nadine Chapman and Jody Gerdts New tools for selecting varroa resistant bees: unhealthy brood odour and varroa volatiles Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH) occurs when workers recognise that the brood has been infested with varroa and uncap the cell. They may then recap the … Read More breeding, hygienic behaviour, varroa, varroa sensitive hygiene Breeding, Pests and diseases
Published - 20 July 2022 By Erica Mo, University of Sydney Sacbrood Sacbrood is a disease impacting honey bees caused by a virus. Sacbrood mostly impacts brood and is correlated with stressed or weakened colonies. It causes … Read More breeding, disease, hygienic behaviour, resistance, sacbrood, selection, virus Breeding, Pests and diseases
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 … Read More American foulbrood, brood disease, chalkbrood, European foulbrood, hive management, hygienic behaviour, varroa Breeding, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases