Been mulling this for a while and thought it might be useful to try and gather reading material around the common bee pests and diseases, apiary hygiene and management, IPM schemes etc, into one place. The intention is to link only to documents or other online resources that forum consensus considers useful. I see lots of posts around the Module 3 exam (honey Bee Pests and Diseases) in terms of reading material and I think that would be a useful benchmark to consider in terms of the usefulness of a link or document.
General
BeeBase Main page
Main Beebase/Fera Download Page - lots of related fact sheets and booklets around honey Bee Health.
BeeBase Gallery - Helpful pics of various pests and disease conditions, plus some nicer ones too.
Foul Brood
Fera booklet covers both (direct link to the PDF)
American Foul Brood (AFB) Specific
European Foul Brood (EFB) Specific
Nosema
OIE Terrestrial Manual 2008, courtesy of BeeBase
Nosema Apis
Small Hive Beetle (SHB)
Fera booklet
Tropilaelaps
Fera Booklet (pdf)
Varroa
Fera 'Managing varroa' pdf
BeeBase Varroa calculator
Scientific Beekeeping (Randy Oliver) articles on Varroa and IPM strategies, somewhat US focused but useful reading.
Treatments
Other Gribblies
Honey Bee Pests and Diseases useful Links
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