Issue: October 2025
Observations On Oxalic Acid Drizzle and Strip Treatments
Elizabeth Frost focuses on legal oxalic acid drizzle (oxalic solution) and non-legal oxalic acid and glycerin strips. Contains information from a new Canadian study on both of these oxalic acid treatment types and a small Australian study. Read More:
Biosecurity Buzz
October is AFB Awareness Month
Every October, the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) runs American Foulbrood (AFB) Awareness Month, a statewide push to keep the most serious brood disease on beekeepers’ radar. The campaign has been running annually since 2017. Read More:
Where Is My Membership Card?
Some members asked why they have not received their 2025/26 membership card yet.
Factors outside ABA's control have caused the delay. Read More:
Are you Coming to Tocal This Year?
Tocal Field day is an great chance for Beekeepers to see what happening in the industry. Catch up on latest Biosecurity Issues and see what the bee suppliers have to offer.
ABA members will no doubt be in preparation for the Colonel Guy Pulling and Bruce White Shields. Read More:
If You Snooze You Will Lose Your Bees!
Rod Bourke, NSW Bee Biosecurity Officer, talks with many beekeepers every week. For the most part these conversations have always been productive and enjoyable. However, in the last 2 years or so a lot more calls are coming in from beekeepers who have just lost their bee hives and are not 100% certain why.
Rod talks about the main scenarios that cause hive loss. Read More:
Update on Varroa in Queensland - September 2025
As of 15 September, the Queensland response to varroa mite continues with a focus on tracking, surveillance and slowing the spread. There have been 192 confirmed detections across 12 council areas, with 43 new infested premises from 58 positive detections in August alone. Read More:
Australian Honey Bee Colony Loss (COLOSS) survey
The Honey Bee Colony Loss Survey is led by a consortium of researchers and representatives from the Australian Honey Bee Industry. The 2025 Survey has just launched! Your participation is crucial in identifying beekeeping trends and assessing the impact of Varroa. Read More:
Editors Message
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