Week Seven: Disease in Bee hives - your legal obligations (New Zealand)
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This describes the types of diseases you can get in bee hives here in NZ - and your legal obligations when you become a bee keeper
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Week Seven: Disease in Bee hives - your legal obligations (New Zealand)
- 1. Week Seven – Legal obligations & Disease in Hives Dara K. Dimitrov dkd4@waikato.ac.nz
- 2. Varroa Mite Infestation causes Decreased brood Deformed bees Hive becomes weak very quickly
- 3. Varroa Mite Spreads quickly Travels with swarms Migrating drones Movement with infested equipment
- 4. You HAVE to treat for Varroa Mite On-going inspection of the hives for Varroa mite Treatment for Varroa mite – twice a year In the spring In the autumn Placing strips into the hives (2 strips per brood box) Alternate between different chemical strips so that the mite does not become resistant to the chemicals
- 5. Varroa Mite – Chemical Strips Apistan Apivar Bayvarol You remove the honey supers – and place the strips into the hives They stay there for a minimum of 4 weeks – usually 6 weeks You need to check to see if the strips worked
- 7. American Foul Brood Caused by a spore forming bacteria called Paenibacillus larvae It is present in almost all hives where honey bees are found AFB was found in NZ 1877 – 38 years after honey bees were introduced to NZ
- 8. American Foulbrood The hive often dies off within the season It is strictly monitored in NZ – It is illegal to treat with antibiotics or drugs in beehives in New Zealand Shook swarming is illegal in NZ
- 9. Diagnosis of AFB Smell – similar to dead fish smell (hence the name) but should not be relied upon to diagnosis AFB Brood ropiness test – larvae and the pupae has a classic ropiness when you use a match stick – slightly stir the tissue – and then slowly remove the stick – classic ropiness
- 10. AFB - diagnosis The brood pattern The brood itself The pupae The colour of the brood The cappings of the brood
- 12. Bee Keepers Must Treat your hives for mite regularly before checking for AFB Don’t feed frames of honey between hives Inspect your hive regularly All the brood frames (shake off the bees so that you can see the brood properly) Train yourself and your people who work with you to recognise AFB Use Apiary quarantines
- 13. The Management Agency National AFB Pest Management Strategy If you find AFB in your hive – You MUST REPORT TO THE MANAGEMENT AGENCY WITHIN 7 DAYS Destroy the hive and the wood ware Don’t let the hive get robbed out Don’t extract the honey from the infected colony Get suspect AFB samples tested AFB Recognition and Destruction Course DECA holder – an approved beekeeper
- 14. AFB – Don’ts Don’t feed drugs to the bees Don’t try to treat AFB by removing infected frames Don’t use the infected wood ware in other hives – you will just spread the disease Be very careful about buying second hand wood ware off auctions sites
- 15. Legal Aspect of AFB Disease Elimination Conformity Agreements (DECA) which provides bee keepers with plans to deal with AFB Certificates of inspections (done by a DECA person) Audits are carried out by the Agency to ensure compliance Free testing of samples for AFB http://afb.org.nz/