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bee hive

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 …
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alcohol wash, biosecurity, hive inspections, sugar shake, Tropilaelaps, varroa

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

queen bee

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 …
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Africanised bees, biosecurity, breeding, import, mites, quarantine, varroa, virus

Biosecurity, Breeding, Genetics, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance

tropilealaps

Published - 9 August 2021
By Nadine Chapman, University of Sydney

Tropilaelaps mites

There are at least four species of Tropilaelaps mites, all native to Asia. Two species are able to parasitize the worker and drone brood of …
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brood disease, mites, pests, Tropilaelaps, varroa

Biosecurity, Pests and diseases

Beekeeper

Published - 4 June 2021
By Théotime Colin (University of Sydney)

Varroa, the greatest threat to Australian honey bees

What is the varroa mite and what does it do?
Varroa destructor is a small mite that parasitises honey bees, transmitting harmful diseases and ultimately killing …
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Managing your hives, Pests and diseases

inspecting bee hives

Published - 5 March 2021
By Nadine Chapman

Hive inspections

Under the Australian honey bee industry biosecurity code of practice beekeepers are required to inspect their hives at least twice per year and to keep …
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American foulbrood, biosecurity, code of practise, hive inspections, hive movements, mites, records, varroa

Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases, Policy and compliance, Registration, Training & resources

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

bee hives

Published - 22 May 2020
By Michael J Holmes

How is Varroa like COVID-19?

Tracking outbreaks of exotic diseases has never been more at the forefront of public thinking, and it’s important to remember that the honey bee industry …
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colony density, drone congregation area, pollination, queen pheromone, varroa

Pests and diseases, Pollination

Varroa on an emerging worker bee

Published - 4 April 2020
By Nadine Chapman

Can Aussie bees tolerate Varroa?

Australia is the lucky country, particularly for beekeepers.
Around the world, the beekeeping industry has been devastated by the ectoparasitic mite Varroa and the diseases …
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sugar shake, varroa

Biosecurity, Code of Practice, Pests and diseases

screened bottom boards

Published - 4 December 2019
By Nadine Chapman

Screened bottom boards

Varroa has not yet established in Australia. In the advent that it does establish, beekeepers need to be aware of the available control methods. Chemical …
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hive management, screened bottom boards, varroa

Agrichemicals, Biosecurity, Honey, Managing your hives, Pests and diseases

Swarm of Asian honey bees

Published - 9 November 2019
By Ros Gloag

Asian honey bees in Australia

A swarm of Asian honey bees in Cairns, Queensland.(Photo: R. Gloag)
Today there are two honey bee species that call Australia home: the European honey bee …
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Apis cerana, Asian honey bees, varroa

Biosecurity, Pests and diseases

Varroa destructor mite

Published - 9 November 2019
By Elizabeth Frost, NSW Department of Primary Industries

What is VSH? Varroa sensitive hygiene trait

The Varroa destructor mite is a major honey bee pest throughout most of the world. Australia is the only major beekeeping country in the world …
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biosecurity, breeding, varroa, VSH

Managing your hives, Pests and diseases