Biosecurity Online Training Courses

PHA’s Biosecurity Online Training (BOLT) platform provides e-learning courses related to plant biosecurity. Access is free (apart from the Biosecurity for Beekeepers course) and available to anyone with an interest in biosecurity.

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Pests & diseases of honey-bees

Follow the links below to read articles.

Small Hive Beetle
Wax Moth - BeeAware
Varroa - An Exotic Parasitic Mite of Honey Bees
​Exotic Honey Bee Parasites   (not pictured)
​​American Foulbrood  BeeAware 
Chalkbrood -

• BeeAware website
• ABC News 28th March 2019 Chalkbrood on the rise in Australian beehives 

​​Nosema
Honey Culture Tests to Detect American Foulbrood
​A Guide to the Field Diagnosis of Honey Bee Brood Diseases
eg -   AFB - EFB - Sacbrood - Chalkbrood
Notifiable Diseases & Pests
Vita Bee Health - Disease Identification App

Scroll over pics for descriptions.

Small Hive Beetle

Wax Moth

Varroa Mites

Deformed wing virus

Honey bee mites

Varroa on bee larvae

American Foulbrood

Chalkbrood 'mummies'

Chalkbrood in Hive

Nosema

Sacbrood

Stages of decay with Sacbrood

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