Best Management Practices

Mites and Nosema: Washington State University.

Contact Dr. Steve Sheppard at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Targets WA, OR, CA, ID and MT beekeepers.


Pesticide screening:
Pennsylvania State University.
Contact Maryann Frazier at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
PAm has helped fund pesticide screening so that beekeepers only pay half the cost for pesticide screens.  The cost to the beekeeper for coumaphos and fluvalinate in wax is $45.  For a full screen of 171 pesticides, beekeepers pay $100.   For information on this program, click here  For instructions for sampling, click here .
 
Viruses: BVS-Inc., Missoula, MT
Contact Dave Wick at David Wick at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for sampling instructions and to have your bees screened for viruses.

Nosema: Bee Alert Technologies, Missoula, MT
Contact Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Aflatoxin: pollutants, HMF, Bee Alert Technologies, Missoula, MT
Contact Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Hi-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS): USDA-ARS, Tucson
Contact Dr. Diana Sammataro at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for evaluation of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and other HFCS contaminants.

DNA microarray for all pathogens:
University of California, San Francisco
This technology is in the process of development.  The technology to produce microarrays commercially will be available in the public domain.  Please contact Tara Christiansen at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it should you be interested in the commercialization of this technology to make it available for beekeepers.