Colony health
Varroa, hornets, foulbrood, nosema: spotting threats and protecting colonies.
Asian hornet in the UK: how to identify it, report it and protect your hives
Asian (yellow-legged) hornet in the UK: how to identify it, how to report a sighting, what happens to nests, the 2026 figures and how to protect your hives.
Honey bee diseases in the UK: recognising foulbrood, brood diseases, nosema and viruses, and what you must report
Bee diseases in the UK: how to spot AFB and EFB, the rope test, chalkbrood, sacbrood, nosema and CBPV, what is notifiable and how the NBU, SASA and DAERA act.
Varroa mites: monitoring, thresholds, UK-authorised treatments and husbandry control
Varroa in the UK: how the mite kills colonies, NBU monitoring methods and thresholds, VMD-authorised medicines, doses, resistance and the law in each nation.