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) & 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)

• University of Saskatchewan: Bee Medicine for Bee Vets — Ropiness test.

Amoebiasis Disease (Malpighamoeba mellificae)

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

Black Queen Cell Virus (Cripavirus genus)

• Bee Informed: Black Queen Cell Virus (BQCV)

Deformed Wing Virus (Iflaviridae family)

• Journal of Invertebrate Pathology: Deformed wing virus.

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

IAPV-KBV Complex (Dicistroviridae family)

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

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

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)

• Comox Valley Bee Club: Biotechnical Varroa Control Methods

• Better Bee: 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: Abnormal Conditions Part II - Wax Moth, Monitoring Mites, and Antibiotics (Video)

ProVap Waiver

BCHPA Rental: Rental waiver for ProVap Vaporizor