Summary
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Program
Honey Bee
Research Organisation
The Crown in right of the State of NSW acting through the Department of Primary Industries
Objective Summary
1. To determine temperature humidity and air movement thresholds to prevent any small hive beetle (SHB) damage to stored honey supers (fulls and stickies) and what techniques/appliances could be used practically in the sheds of beekeepers. 2. To determine if weak hives and queenless hives are more attractive and more susceptible to SHB damage than strong healthy hives. 3. To identify the usual daily movements of SHB in and out of managed beehives during each season of the year. 4. To find the number of SHB in the immediate vicinity (ground surrounding and under the hive) of a bee hive compared to the SHB inside the hive for each season of the year. 5. To identify ways of cleaning combs that have been 'slimed' as a result of SHB larval damage causinghoney fermentation.
Project Code
PRJ-000510
Project Stage
Closed
Project Start Date
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Project Completion Date
Friday, April 1, 2011
Journal Articles From Project
Not Available
National Priority
Safeguarding Australia
National Priority
Biosecurity
National Priority
HBE-Improve understanding of nutrition best practice and disease interaction
