Pests and diseases of honey bees
Honey bees may be affected by a range of pests and diseases. The list below contains information about specific pests and diseases from a collection of sources, as well as regulatory information and forms.
Small hive beetle larvae
Emergency and notifiable animal diseases
- Emergency animal diseases
can have serious consequences for trade, production or human health. Contact a vet or call the emergency animal disease watch hotline on
1800 675 888
if you see symptoms or deaths in animals that may be due to an emergency animal disease. - Notifiable animal diseases in NSW
A number of animal diseases, including all emergency animal diseases, are notifiable under NSW legislation. This means there's a legal obligation to notify authorities if you know or suspect that an animal has one of these diseases. - You can notify of a suspected or confirmed notifiable disease using the online form or fill in the notifiable animal disease form (PDF 44KB) and fax it to NSW DPI Biosecurity on 02 6361 9976.
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General information
- American Foulbrood and Small Hive Beetle in bees - video series
- Non-infectious disorders of honey bees
- Viruses of honey bees
- Sugar shaking bees to detect external parasites
- Honey bee endemic diseases and pest notification requirements
- Submitting samples to NSW DPI for diagnostic tests
- Samples for bee disease diagnosis
- Fatty acids: an alternative control strategy for honeybee diseases (www.rirdc.gov.au)
- Exotic pests of honey bees
Foulbrood disease
- American foulbrood
- American foulbrood - barrier systems
- American foulbrood in NSW
- American foulbrood - tracing the source
- American foulbrood disease - inspection management
- American foulbrood positive diagnosis - what should you do?
- American foulbrood disease Paenibacillus larvae in New South Wales apiaries, Survey Results 2006
- AFB traceback form
61.8 KB - Irradiation of beehive equipment - information from Steritech (www.steritech.com.au)
- European foulbrood and its control
- American foulbrood - The essential facts (video)
Chalkbrood disease
Small hive beetle
- Small hive beetle
- Small hive beetle - an in-hive control device using diatomaceous earth 133.8 KB
- Small hive beetle management options
- Study of the small hive beetle in the USA (www.rirdc.gov.au)
- Small Hive Beetle Aethina tumida in New South Wales Apiaries 2002-6 Survey Results 2006 391.6 KB
- APVMA Permit PER11297 - Soil treatment (services.apvma.gov.au)
Varroa
Nosema disease
Other pests and diseases
- Asian bees
- Flyer: Transporters! help stop Asian Bees coming into NSW 164.1 KB
- Braula fly
- Oxytetracycline sensitivity of Paenibacillus larvae Subsp. Larvae isolates (www.rirdc.gov.au)
- Sacbrood (www.pir.sa.gov.au)
- Tropilaelaps mites
- Tracheal Mite
- Wax moth: a pest of combs and honey bee products (www.new.dpi.vic.gov.au)
- Wax moth