The USDA-ARS Baton Rouge Bee Lab has bred bees that hygienically remove mite-infested pupae from capped worker brood. This ability is called varroa sensitive hygiene, and bees expressing high levels of this behavior are called VSH bees. To select for the VSH trait in your bees, also see Selecting for Varroa Sensitive Hygiene
…Breeding Bees for Resistance to Parasites and Diseases

A National Research and Extension Initiative to Reverse Pollinator Decline
This is part of an ongoing series of updates from the Managed Pollinator CAP. Additional installments can be found at the:
More information about the CAP can be found at:
CAP Updates: 9
Greg Hunt, Purdue University
- Jointly published in the American Bee Journal and in Bee Culture, July 2010.
Those of you who have been …
University of Florida Bee Disease Videos

University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab
The University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab website houses resources for beekeepers and the general public including Africanized honey bees, research projects, Master Beekeeper Program, honey house info, and much more.
In the videos on this page, also available on their website, Dr. Jamie Ellis discusses 6 important pests and diseases
When Varroacides Interact

A National Research and Extension Initiative to Reverse Pollinator Decline
This is part of an ongoing series of updates from the Managed Pollinator CAP. Additional installments can be found at the:
More information about the CAP can be found at:
CAP Updates: 2
Reed M. Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln:
- Jointly published in the American Bee Journal and in Bee Culture, December 2009
Powder Sugar Roll for Varroa Sampling
To keep your honey bee colonies healthy, it is important to determine the level of varroa mites in your colonies. This method provides a good estimate of the number of varroa mites on the adult bees. This method has the advantage of not killing the bees.
- The methods described here are illustrated in the following University of Minnesota Instructional Poster “Powder Sugar Roll For Varroa Mites on Honey Bees” Download a .pdf here.
