Pests, Predators, and Diseases By Ellen Miller January 2016

What We Will Cover Mites: Tracheal and Varroa Small Hive Beetle, Wax Moths Ants, Spiders, Earwigs Wasps, Hornets, Yellow Jackets Mice, Skunks, Raccoons, Badgers, Bears Domestic Livestock and Not-So-Domestic Nosema Foul Brood, American Foul Brood Chalk Brood, Sac Brood, Chilled Brood

Tracheal Mites (Acampis woodi) Detection: Treatment:

Varroa Mites (Varroa Destructor) Detection: Treatment:

Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida)

Wax Moths

Ants Spiders

Earwigs Not a problem

Spiders (Tomisidea – Crab Spider)

Wasps, Hornets, Yellow Jackets

Paper Wasps

Bald Face Hornet

European Hornet

Western Yellow Jacket

Mice

Skunks, Raccoons, Badgers

Bears

Other Wildlife

Livestock

Diseases

Nosema Cause: Symptom: Treatment: Prevention:

American Foulbrood Cause: Symptom: Treatment: Prevention:

European Foulbrood Cause: Symptom: Treatment: Prevention:

Chalkbrood Cause: Symptom: Treatment: Prevention:

Sacbrood Cause: Symptoms: Treatment: Prevention:

Chilled Brood Cause: Symptom: Prevention: Treatment:

Poison Cause: Symptom: Prevention: Treatment:

Starvation Cause: Symptom: Prevention: Treatment:

Colony Collapse Disorder Cause: Symptom: Prevention: Treatment:

Pest Summary: Identification Causes Treatment and/or Prevention IPM – Integrated Pest Management Healthy, strong hives