Class 6 Supporting Files 2024

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Class 5: Pests & Diseases Part 1 Supporting Files

Assigned reading: Beekeepers Handbook 5th Edition, Chapters 13, 14; Field Guide to Honey Bees and their Maladies, browse p. 16-75

Slides: 

• Slides from previous year, Honey Bee Pests and Diseases (80 MB) 
• Case Scenarios 

Homework: Online Quiz: Honey Bee Pests and Diseases :-( 

Supplementary Materials:

• Honey Bee Health Coalition Best Management Practices for Bee Health
• HBHC Varroa Management Decision Tool
• Managing Varroa Mites in Honey Bee Colonies (Mississippi State Extension)
• Bee Diseases and Their Control/MAAREC (pdf)
• PLOS_ONE_Urbanization Increases Pathogen Pressure on Feral and Managed Honey Bees.pdf
• Beekeeping in cities is harming other wildlife, study finds
• Wild pollinator activity negatively related to honey bee colony densities in urban context
• Sugar_roll_varroa.pdf
• Video: How to do an Alcohol Wash