1. Compiled by David Lamont, Bradford Beekeepers Association
Disease & Pests
You will be shown a number of pictures depicting some aspect of bee health or disease including pests.
Compiled by David Lamont, Bradford Beekeepers Association

2. Larvae with spines on back
Small Hive Beatle

3. Twisted, molten and discoloured larvae
European Foul Brood

4. Domed Cappings, biscuit coloured
Healthy sealed brood

5. Eggs & pollen in base of cells
Young Queen

6. Dead imago (adult) bee emerging from its cell Break down of brood
Parasitic Mite Syndrome (Varroa damage)

7. Irregular surface of brood like a mountain range, Drone cappings
Drone laying queen (failed queen only laying unfertilised eggs)

8. Cluster of dead bees – head in to cells. No stores
Starvation

9. Parasitic Mite Syndrome (Varroa damage)
Deformed wings on workers adjacent to the queen, Breakdown off brood pattern
Parasitic Mite Syndrome (Varroa damage)

10. Three eggs grouped on sidewall.
Laying Worker

11. Scale in cell
American Foul Brood

12. Greater Wax Moth Infestation
White pupae cases
Greater Wax Moth Infestation

13. Dinner plate brood looking like a digestive biscuit
Dinner plate brood looking like a digestive biscuit. Holes in brood where the foundation support wire is.
Healthy Brood

14. Molten, twisted, discoloured larvae, Perforated sealed brood
European Foul Brood

15. Coffee coloured pre-pupae. Tongue fixed to top of cell
American Foul Brood

16. Sign of dysentery, Possibly Nosema
Faeces on hive
Sign of dysentery, Possibly Nosema

17. Grains of granulated stores in comb
Grains of granulated stores in comb. Rough, sand paper like edge to cells.
Robbed out comb

18. Parasitic Mite Syndrome (Varroa damage)
Break down of brood pattern. Dead emerging imago bees. Deformed wings on imago bee
Parasitic Mite Syndrome (Varroa damage)

19. Sign of virus infection
Black shiny bee
Sign of virus infection

20. What is This
Lesser wax moth

21. What is This
Greater wax moth

22. White hard lumps of dead brood
Chalk Brood

23. Compiled by David Lamont, Bradford Beekeepers Association
Disease & Pests
Compiled by David Lamont, Bradford Beekeepers Association