Pest and Disease Management Resources

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)

• Schäfer, M. O., Horenk, J., & Wylezich, C. (2022). Molecular Detection of Malpighamoeba mellificae in Honey Bees. Veterinary Sciences, 9(148). https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9030148

Black Queen Cell Virus (Cripavirus genus)

• Bee Informed – Black Queen Cell Virus (BQCV)

Chalkbrood Disease (Ascosphaera apis)

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Honey Bee Disease Detection – Chalkbrood (205)

Deformed Wing Virus (Iflaviridae family)

• de Miranda, J. R., & Genersch, E. (2009). Deformed wing virus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 103, S48-S61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2009.06.012
• Dittes, J., Aupperle-Lellbach, H., Schäfer, M. O., Mülling, C. K. W, & Emmerich, I. U. (2020). Veterinary diagnostic approach of common virus diseases in adult honeybees. Veterinary Sciences, 7(4), 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7040159

IAPV-KBV Complex (Dicistroviridae family)

• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Honey Bee Viruses (230)
• de Miranda, J. R., Cordoni, G., & Budge, G. (2010). The acute bee paralysis virus-Kashmir bee virus-Israeli acute paralysis virus complex. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 103, 30-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2009.06.014

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)

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