Web Directory

» American Foulbrood Disease
   Detailed information on this infectious, highly contagious disease affecting propupae caused by the multiplication of the sporulating bacterium, Paenibacillus larvae.
   http://ressources.ciheam.org/om/pdf/b25/99600235.pdf

» Apiculture Northeast: Honey Bee Maladies
   Provides photographs and information on various brood and adult diseases of bees, non-infectious disorders and parasites.
   http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/bkCD/Bee_Diseases/disease_index.html

» Defra: Bee Health
   The bee health programme is designed to control the spread of notifiable diseases and pests of honey bees and to identify and manage the risk associated with new pests and diseases that may be introduced into the UK.
   http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/growing/bees/

» Does Pathogen Spillover from Commercially Reared Bumble Bees Threaten Wild Pollinators?
   Open access research article by Michael C. Otterstatter and James D. Thomson.
   http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002771

» European Foulbrood: A Bacterial Disease Affecting Honey Bee Brood
   Detailed information on this bacterial disease that effects honey bee larvae before the capped stage.
   http://www.extension.org/pages/European_Foulbrood:_A_Bacterial_Disease_Affecting_Honey_Bee_Brood

» Honeybee Disease Detection
   Provides information on recognising the symptoms of various diseases affecting honeybee colonies with specific details of the field and laboratory diagnosis, control and treatment of American foulbrood, European foulbrood, chalkbrood, sacbrood, nosema and
   http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/apiculture/factsheets/205_disdetect.htm

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

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

» Nosema
   Factsheet on this disease that affects adult honey bees by parasitizing the cell wall of the midgut. Includes a description and information on the field diagnosis and laboratory diagnosis.
   http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/apiculture/factsheets/203_nosema.pdf

» USDA: Diagnosis of Honey Bee Diseases
   Comprehensive information on the various pests and diseases that can affect the colony.
   http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/honeybeediseases/honeybeediseases.pdf

» Wikipedia: Diseases of the Honey Bee
   Encyclopedia article on the pests and parasites, bacterial, fungal and viral diseases that affect bees.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_the_honey_bee