Published - 17 October 2024 By Michael Holmes and Nadine Chapman, BEE Lab, University of Sydney Chemical free management of Varroa: brood breaks and drone trapping Many beekeepers will be wondering how to best manage varroa in their hives. A well equipped Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tool kit will comprise of … Read More Brood, Brood cycle, Drones, Grooming, integrated pests management, varroa Managing your hives, Pests and diseases
Published - 15 October 2024 By Michael Holmes and Emily Remnant, University of Sydney Integrated pest management for Varroa With Varroa now on our shores, Australian beekeepers have a steep learning curve to understand how to live with the mite. Fortunately, beekeepers worldwide have … Read More integrated pests management, varroa Agrichemicals, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases
Published - 20 September 2024 By Emily Remnant and Nadine Chapman, The University of Sydney What does Varroa look like? You probably already have a good idea of what a Varroa mite looks like, even if you have never seen a hive with Varroa before. … Read More varroa, varroa destructor Biosecurity, Pests and diseases
Published - 7 August 2024 By Nadine Chapman, Professional Beekeepers CoP Varroa management workshops Currently New South Wales is the only state to have detected Varroa. Eastern seaboard states are expecting to find it in the near future, while … Read More training, varroa Biosecurity, Pests and diseases, Training & resources
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 - 19 June 2023 By Michael Holmes, University of Sydney How does Varroa spread between hives, and what can we do about it? While we are hoping for a successful eradication of Varroa in New South Wales, beekeepers should prepare for the possibility of living with the pest. … Read More biosecurity, drift, robbing, varroa Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases
Published - 2 February 2023 By Emily Remnant, University of Sydney Developing safer, selective insecticides to preserve honey bee health Most currently used pesticides in agricultural applications contain broad-spectrum chemicals, which are harmful to a wide range of insects. However, the majority of insects are … Read More agrichemicals, hormone receptor, insecticide, pesticide, safer chemicals, small hive beetle, varroa Managing your hives, Pests and diseases
Published - 4 November 2022 By Dr. Mary Whitehouse, NSW Department of Primary Industries Does Australia have Varroa mite predators? Do our bees have useful associates that attack Varroa mites? – you can help. Above: A honey bee next to an adult Chelifer cancroides (pseudoscorpion). Image … Read More biosecurity, integrated pests management, managing your hives, pest management, pests and diseases, pseudoscorpion, varroa Biosecurity, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases
Published - 25 July 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney Russian bees: Varroa resistant stock With the Varroa incursion in NSW many beekeepers are asking how we can breed Varroa resistant bees. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) imported bees … Read More breeding, varroa, VSH Breeding, Pests and diseases
Published - 15 July 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney How bees fight Varroa Varroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite that feeds on adult and developing bees. This weakens the bees, reduces body weight, decreases flight performance, causes learning … Read More biosecurity, uncapping, varroa, VSH Biosecurity, Pests and diseases, Plan Bee
Published - 18 February 2022 By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney Uncapping: a defence against Varroa Varroa is an external mite that feeds on both brood and adult bees. When it feeds, it spreads viruses. The combined effects of predation and … Read More breeding, brood disease, Plan bee, uncapping, varroa Breeding, Pests and diseases
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