Protecting our Resources

Pesticides are Creating Pollination Problems and Killing Bees
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By Doctor Mercola

Neonicotinoid pesticides, which are widely used in intensive agricultural operations, have been implicated in the decline of bees, particularly in commercially bred species like honeybees and bumblebees.
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Smokers on Fire Ban Days
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When a total fire, harvest or vehicle movement ban is declared, beekeepers must not:

  • light smokers

  • operate vehicles off road

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More information about fire bans can be found on the DFES website.

 

For current harvest and vehicle movement bans, check with your local government.

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Freq Asked Questions

Bee Pests & Diseases

 

  • Acarine (tracheal) mites

  • American foulbrood

  • European foulbrood

  • Sacbrood

  • Small hive beetle

  • Tropilaelaps

  • Nosema disease

  • Varroa mites

  • Wax moths

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It is your responsibility as a beekeeper to report any of the above to the Department of Agriculture 

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Download the Pest & Diseases report here:  

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Pest & Disease Report Form
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