Garden And Gardener

Everything for the Gardener and their Garden

Beebase updated leaflets

by Diane - March 12th, 2014.
Filed under: Bees.

Check out you’ve got the most up to date copies of leaflets from beebase

Advisory Leaflets:

Managing Varroa pdf (Last updated Dec 2013)
Small Hive Beetle pdf (Last updated Dec 2013)
Foulbrood Disease of Honey Bees pdf (Last updated May 2013)
Tropilaelaps: Parasitic Mites of Honey Bees pdf (Last updated Dec 2013)
Common Pests, Diseases and Disorders of the Adult Honey Bee (pdf) (last updated Dec 2013)
The National Bee Unit pdf (Last updated May 2009)
– Please note this leaflet is no longer available in hard copy.

Best Practice Guidelines:

Beginning in 2010 the National Bee Unit is putting together a series of Best Practice Guidelines, which will cover the essentials of the craft of beekeeping. These will be placed on BeeBase as they come available.

Best Practice Guideline No. 1 – The Essence of Beekeeping (Updated February 2014)
Best Practice Guideline No. 2 – Handling and Examining a colony of bees (created August 2011)
Best Practice Guideline No. 3 – Apiary and hive hygiene (updated September 2011)
Best Practice Guideline No. 4 – Disease recognition (created August 2011)
Best Practice Guideline No. 5 – Advice for obtaining honey bees (created August 2011)
Best Practice Guideline No. 6 – Spring Checks (updated February 2014)
Best Practice Guidelines No. 7 a) – Feeding Bees – sugar (created July 2012)
b) – Feeding Bees – water (created July 2012)
c) – Feeding Bees – pollen and substitutes (created July 2012)
Best Practice Guideline No. 8 – Sale of Honeybee Nuclei (created March 2012)
Best Practice Guideline No. 9 – Small hive beetle – What you need to know (created April 2012)
Best Practice Guideline No. 10 – Bee Improvement (created July 2012)
Best Practice Guideline No. 11 – Varroa (created July 2012)