Pests and diseases
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.
For a quick summary of honey bee pests and diseases that are currently in Australia or still exotic download the Pests and diseases of honey bees Primefact.
Reporting a biosecurity risk
If you suspect or believe a biosecurity emergency is occurring or likely to occur, you must report it immediately by:
- Submitting an online form, or
- Contacting a vet, or
- Calling the Exotic Plant Pest Hotline on 1800 084 881.
To report other non emergency biosecurity risks, use the online form form.
- American Foulbrood and Small Hive Beetle in bees - video series
- American foulbrood
- American foulbrood - barrier systems
- American foulbrood in NSW
- American foulbrood disease Paenibacillus larvae in New South Wales Apiaries, Survey Results 2006
- AFB traceback form (PDF, 45.5 KB)
- Irradiation of beehive equipment - information from Steritech
- American foulbrood - The essential facts (video)
- Managing AFB
- Oxytetracycline sensitivity of Paenibacillus larvae Subsp. Larvae isolates
- Beekeeping on public land
