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Tropilaelaps - Lifecycle, identification & detective

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November 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
National Bee Unit (BeeBase website) 2025 map of Inspections with European Foul Brood by 10km

www.nationalbeeunit.com/diseases-and...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Winter capped brood monitoring

The status of capped brood in honey bee colonies during winter is critical information beekeepers must consider when choosing an appropriate control product for the mite Varroa destructor.

agriculture.auburn.edu/research/enp...
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A new licensed oxalic acid powder Varroa treatment is available this winter.
Product information for Varroxal suggests use appropriate for:
Sublimation:
Spraying - swarms
Trickle

Use information includes:
Broodless colonies
No honey super on hive

www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/ProductInfor...
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
November 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Yellow-legged Asian hornet update 14.11.25

2025
159 nests
541 sightings

1 new nest Etchingham, East Sussex

www.bbka.org.uk/asian-hornet...

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November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yellow-legged Asian hornet update 14.11.25
2025
1 new nest Etchingham, East Sussex

With leaves falling please look up for nests
Report using the Asian Hornet Watch app with a photo
Nest photos need to be supported with a photo of the insect to be investigated

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November 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Yellow-legged Asian hornet update 14.11.25

2025
159 Nests
541 sightings

1 new nest Etchingham, East Sussex

www.bbka.org.uk/asian-hornet...
www.nationalbeeunit.com/about-us/bee...
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Concerns over fraudulent honey imports raised in Europe

The European Beekeeping Association & the European Professional Beekeepers Association have sent a joint letter to EU Ministers, warning about the risk of fraudulent honey entering the EU.

ebaeurope.eu/eba-and-epba...
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Currently 92 flood warnings and 194 flood alerts in England.
Colonies close to rivers & streams may be vulnerable in some areas.

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November 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Yellow-legged Asian hornet update 13 Nov
A total of 541 sightings in 2025.

1 more nest has been discovered in Etchingham, East Sussex. This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.
159 confirmed nests
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
National Bee Unit (BeeBase website) 2025 map of Inspections with American Foul Brood by 10km

www.nationalbeeunit.com/diseases-and...
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Tropilaelaps global geographical spread

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November 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Autumn has been unusually warm so far Colonies may need checking for stores periodically.
Fondant consumption can be quick initially and slow as temperatures drop.
It is likely to increase again around February as weather warms and colonies start to raise brood.
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Mahonia is coming into flower now. It can be a good late autumn/early winter forage source when warm enough for bees to fly.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
BBKA November Talk: ‘Becoming a Show Judge’

The next BBKA Zoom talk will be ‘Becoming a Show Judge’ with Shirley Bond on Tuesday 18th November 2025 at 7pm. A recording of this talk will be available afterwards.

'Shirley is a Master Beekeeper, BBKA Show Judge and Chair of the BBKA Exam Board.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This BBKA News special issue covers equipment, ingredients, methods for mead, melomel (fruit mead), metheglin (spiced), payment (grapes), hippocras (medicinal herbs) & cyder (apple)
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Late season yellow-legged Asian hornets sightings continue, including in new areas.
Please take a moment to look at National Bee Unit advice on monitoring both now and for next spring.

www.nationalbeeunit.com/assets/PDFs/...

Diagram APHA Crown copyright
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Yellow-legged Asian hornet secondary nest this week - Broad Oak East Sussex

No further details to date on a unconfirmed credible sightings in Crosby, Merseyside last weekend.

Another recent unconfirmed credible sighting reported in Nether Edge, Sheffield
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
YLH update 7.11.25 Great Britain
158 nests
534 sightings
1 new nest this week

Red icons represent the last weeks nest locations
Eye icon = sighting
House icon = Nest

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November 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM