BEE HEALTH & DISEASE

Practical guidance on Varroa, bee diseases, invasive predators, monitoring and authorised colony-health treatments.

Homemade Asian hornet trap: how to make it properly (and why a bottle isn’t enough)

Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis): protecting your beehives

Developing honey bee with two reddish-brown varroa mites, held with tweezers

Integrated varroa control: monitoring, treatment and brood breaks

Varroa diagnosis: Detection and decision-making

Cleaning and disinfecting frames and beekeeping equipment

Worker honey bee with shortened, crumpled wings on a pale wooden surface

Honey bee viruses: signs, transmission and colony health

Nosemosis in honey bees: signs, diagnosis and sensible management

Brood scratching for Varroa: evidence, risks and alternatives

Oxalic acid and glycerine against Varroa: safe use

Formic acid against Varroa: safe and authorised use

Oxalic acid against Varroa: safe and authorised use

Wax moth: prevention and control in stored comb

American foulbrood: signs, diagnosis and what to do

Asian hornet: identification and protecting your hives

Chalkbrood: how to recognise it and help the colony recover