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 #26  by DianeBees
 20 Jul 2018, 20:44
http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/index.cfm?pageid=167

If you keep bees in the UK you should register on the NBU's site so that you can be kept up to date about disease and pest information. The bee inspectors are lovely people and if you ever get them asking to see your bees then do make them welcome. They are very knowledgeable about honeybees and you'll learn loads from them!


The NBU has a huge list of useful leaflets to download too - well worth a look!

Advisory Leaflets:

Managing Varroa pdf (Last updated June 2018);
Small Hive Beetle pdf (Last updated April 2017);
Foulbrood Disease of Honey Bees pdf (Last updated April 2017);
Tropilaelaps: Parasitic Mites of Honey Bees pdf (Last updated April 2017);
Starting Right with Bees pdf (Last updated December 2016) ;
Statutory Procedures Advisory Leaflet pdf (Last updated June 2017) - Please note this leaflet is only available as a pdf;
Contingency Planning Procedures Leaflet pdf (Last updated November 2017) - Please note this leaflet is only available as a pdf;
Common Pests, Diseases and Disorders of the Adult Honey Bee pdf (Last updated June 2017) - Please note this leaflet is only available as a pdf;
The National Bee Unit pdf (Last updated May 2009) - Please note this leaflet is only available as a pdf.

Best Practice Guidelines:

The National Bee Unit has put together a series of Best Practice Guidelines, which will cover the essentials of the craft of beekeeping. These are available below:

Best Practice Guideline No. 1 - The Essence of Beekeeping (Updated June 2018)
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 June 2018)
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)

Fact Sheets:

A Simple Asian Hornet Monitoring Trap pdf
Acarine (Tracheal Mites) pdf
Apiary Hygiene and Quarantine pdf
Bee Medicines pdf
Bee Safari's pdf
Bees pdf
Beltsville and Pyrethroid Resistance Testing pdf
Bumblebees pdf
Care of Colonies After Shook Swarms pdf
Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus pdf
Control of European Foulbrood pdf
Control of Small Hive Beetle pdf
Estimating Varroa mite populations pdf
Fumigating Comb pdf
Helping Bees pdf
Hive Cleaning and Sterilisation pdf
Open Mesh Floors pdf
Oxytetracycline Treatment of Colonies with European Foulbrood pdf
Preparing Your Colonies for Winter pdf
Queen Trapping pdf
Replacing Old Brood Comb pdf
Shook Swarming pdf
Solitary Bees pdf
Swarm Control When You Can't Find the Queen pdf
Using Artificial Swarming for Varroa Control pdf
Using Drone Brood Removal for Varroa Control pdf
Using Integrated Pest Management for Varroa Control pdf
Veterinary Medicines Administration Record pdf
Wasps pdf
Wax Moth pdf
Healthy Bees Plan:

Beekeeping Essentials Leaflet (created September 2010)