Pest and Disease Management Resources

Links to reliable research articles and resources to learn about diseases and develop integrated pest management strategies for your colonies.

American Foulbrood Disease (Paenibacillus larvae) and European Foulbrood Disease (Melissococcus plutonius)

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Honey Bee Disease Detection - American Foulbrood (AFB) (205)

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Antibiotics for Bee Disease Control (204)

• Ropiness Test - University of Saskatchewan: Bee Medicine for Bee Vets 

Amoebiasis Disease (Malpighamoeba mellificae)

• Molecular Detection of Malpighamoeba mellificae in Honey Bees. Veterinary Sciences

Black Queen Cell Virus (Cripavirus genus)

• Bee Informed - Black Queen Cell Virus (BQCV)

Deformed Wing Virus (Iflaviridae family)

• Deformed wing virus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

• Veterinary diagnostic approach of common virus diseases in adult honeybees. Veterinary Sciences

IAPV-KBV Complex (Dicistroviridae family)

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Honey Bee Viruses (230)

• The acute bee paralysis virus-Kashmir bee virus-Israeli acute paralysis virus complex. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Nosema (Nosema [Vairimorpha] apis and Nosema [Vairimorpha] ceranae)

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Nosema (203)

Sacbrood Virus (Morator aetatulas)

• Bee Informed - Sacbrood Virus (SBV)

Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida)

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: SHB (218)

Varroa Mite (Varroa destructor) 

• BCHPA - TTP: Varroa Mite Treatments

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Varroa Mite Detection Methods (222)

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Varroa Mite Controls (221)

• BC-TTP: Alcohol Wash Method (Video Tutorial)

• BC-TTP: Icing Sugar Shake Method (Video Tutorial)

• Biotechnical Varroa Control Methods

• Queen Isolation Cage

Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) and Lesser Wax Moth (Achroia grisella)

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Various “Disease-like” Brood Comb Conditions (205)

• Bee Aware - Wax Moth

• University of Guelph - VIDEO: Abnormal Conditions Part II - Wax Moth, Monitoring Mites, and Antibiotics

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