Pests and Diseases

Bee Diseases - Internet resource page on bee diseases maintained by BIOME at Nottingham University, UK.
agrifor.ac.uk/browse/cabi/detail/e52c4a4aa72f3df654cc1fbd62e49912.html

Central Apiary - Products for controlling Varroa mites without harming bees or leaving a residue in honey.
www.centralapiary.com/

Mite Control in Honeybees With Essential Oils - Information on which oils work, how to mix them, and how to use them.
www.wvu.edu/~agexten/ipm/insects/pollinat/honeybee/

MiteGone - A product that allows for the twenty-one or forty-day commercial treatment of the Varroa and Tracheal mites using Formic acid. FAQ, video, sales and supplier details, and directions for use.
www.mitegone.com/

NOD Apiary Products Ltd. - Supplies Miteaway, for the control of varroa and tracheal mites. Includes details of usage, distributors.
miteaway.com/

North American Bee-associated Mites - Information on a project to study mites which affect (or may affect) bee populations. Guides to ecology, host-association, and distribution these mites in North America.
insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/beemites/

Resistant varroa mites in the UK - Article by Dr Max Watkins, from Beedata. Information on Integrated Pesticide Management (IPM).
www.beedata.com/news/resistant-varroamites-max-watkins.htm

USDA Agricultural Research Service: Colony Collapse Disorder - Discusses the importance of the mysterious bee deaths, theories on its causes, and history of the problem.
www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572

Varroa jacobsoni - Internet resource page on Varroa maintained by BIOME (at Nottingham University, UK). Good range of links.
agrifor.ac.uk/browse/cabi/detail/ab39af8b0854b51234683dc4a9f6f03a.html

Varroa theory/drone frame method - Method used to kill 95% of the varroa mite in a hive.
www.xs4all.nl/~jtemp/dronemethod.html