For industry

Plan BEE

• Sydney BEELab is involved in Plan Bee – Australia’s honey bee genetic improvement program. We are conducting surveys of Australian beekeepers and queen producers to help inform the program. Please fill in the surveys!

Report to Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service on Bees in National Parks:

• Report to Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service on the Effects of Commercial Honey Bees on Native Flora and Fauna, Nadine Chapman and Ben Oldroyd (2020)

ExtensionAUS articles for Professional Beekeepers:

• Is one food source good enough?, Patsavee Utaipanon
• How is Varroa like COVID-19?, Michael Holmes
• Should growers pay for pollination services?, Michael Holmes
• Asian honey bees in Australia, Ros Gloag
• Why we need to breed better bees, Nadine Chapman
• Polyandry: what is it and why should beekeepers care?, Nadine Chapman

Agrifutures Australia Reports:

• Factsheet: Artificial insemination of honey bee queens – how many mates is enough? Ben Oldroyd & Nadine Chapman (2018) AgriFutures Australia Publication 18/076
• Factsheet: Mating for queen quality. Ben Oldroyd & Nadine Chapman (2018) AgriFutures Australia Publication 18/077
• Risk assessment for Large African Hive Beetle – Project Summary. Ben Oldroyd (2016) AgriFutures Australia Publication 16/054
• A genetic test for Africanised honey bees. Ben Oldroyd & Nadine Chapman (2016) AgriFutures Australia Publication 16/023
• Interspecific matings between Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. Does it happen and what does it mean for the industry?. Ben Oldroyd & Emily Remnant (2014) AgriFutures Australia Publication 14/049
• Preparing for Varroa – How susceptible are Australian honey bee stocks? Project Summary. Ben Oldroyd (2012) AgriFutures Australia Publication 12/053
• Development of two markers for hygienic behaviour of honeybees. Ben Oldroyd & Gladys Ho (2008) AgriFutures Australia Publication 08/092
• Breeding hygienic disease resistant bees. Keryn Wilkes & Ben Oldroyd (2002) AgriFutures Australia Publication 02/048

Recent presentations to industry conferences:

• ‘Honey bee mating biology’ Ben Oldroyd, WA, 2019
• ‘Weird sex in honey bees’ Madeleine  Beekman, WA, 2019
• 3rd Australian Bee Congress, Gold Coast July 2018
  • Ben Oldroyd: ‘How many bees do we need and how many do we have?’
  • Ben Oldroyd: ‘Exotic pests that threaten honey bees’
  • Ros Gloag: ‘Biosecurity Lessons from honey bee invaders’
  • Ros Gloag: ‘Fighting swarms and tolerance to crowding in Australian stingless bees’
  • Emily Remnant: ‘Can we immunise honey bees against virulent viruses?‘
  • Amanda Norton (presented by Emily): ‘Deformed Wing Virus: how do vector transmitted viruses contribute to the death of honey bees?‘
• ‘Are queens or drones more important to honey production (and other things)?’ Ben Oldroyd, BICWAS, 2018
• ‘Apis cerana in Australia’ Ben Oldroyd, BICWAS, 2018
• ‘Risk assessment for large African hive beetle’ Ben Oldroyd, NSW AA, 2017
• ‘Mating for Queen Quality’ Nadine Chapman, NSW, 2017

Recent presentations to beekeeper clubs:

• ‘Honey bee viruses: the good, the bad and the ugly’ Emily Remnant, Brisbane beekeepers, 2019