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Honeybee

New South Wales Department of Industry and Investment for and on behalf of the State of NSW

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 queen-less 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.

Adopt new technologies and systems for established industries

Safeguarding Australia

Biosecurity

HBE-Pest and Disease Protection

Nicholas Annand, phone (02) 6330 1210

Dave Alden, phone 02 6271 4128

Graham Denney