Honeybee Pests & Diseases
Honeybees are under attack from a range of animals, bacteria and viruses. Due to the global traffic in bees, these pests and diseases are becoming more widespread.
Please click on the links to find out more.
Honeybees Pests
- Asian Hornets
- Small Hive Beetle (SHB)
- Tropilaelaps mites
- Varroa Mite (Read: Varroa Management)
- Wasps
- Greater Wax Moth
- Woodpeckers
Honeybee Diseases
- Acarapisosis, caused by tracheal mites
- American Foulbrood
- Amoeba
- Bald Brood
- Chalkbrood
- Deformed Wing Virus (DWV)
- European Foulbrood
- Nosemosis
- Sac Brood
To reduce the spread of disease between hives please read Bee Hygiene.
Where there are no links above, I will develop these pages over time.
