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On 13 April 2000, the varroa mite was first found in New Zealand.
Draft Transitional (2 Year) Varroa Management Plan - Phase II of a three-phase varroa management plan...
Press Releases - A chronology of the months following the finding of varroa...
Plan for Eradication - Ultimately this plan was not adopted, but it is still useful and interesting reading...
NBA's Proposed Plan for Eradication - The National Beekeepers' Assn proposed this plan as an alternative eradication plan...
Plan for Control - Again, not all aspects of this plan were ultimately adopted, but the plan is presented here for reference...
Submissions for Control/Eradication - A summary of the submissions made on the two plans put before the Government...
NZ's Pest Management Strategy: How it Works in Practice - Paper presented by Murray Reid to Apimondia in Vancouver.
Controlling AFB Without Drugs - New Zealand's Approach - Paper presented by Cliff Van Eaton to Apimondia in Vancouver.
Presentation to Third National Pest Summit - Prepared by Bruce Stevenson for April 1999 seminar held in Palmerston North.
Keynote Address - Presented to Third National Pest Summit by Hon John Luxton.
The NO DRAMA Competency Examination for AFB control - Article for June 1999 NZ Beekeeper magazine, describing the competency test to become an Approved Beekeeper.
DECA Time... - Article for April 1999 NZ Beekeeper magazine, describing the practical aspects of applying for a Disease Elimination Conformity Agreement.
Biosecurity Act 1993 - The Act used to create our Pest Management Strategy.
Biosecurity (National American Foulbrood Pest Management Strategy) Order 1998 - The Order in Council that created the Pest Management Strategy.
Detection of American Foulbrood Using Bacterial Cultures - A laboratory manual to teach beekeepers how to confirm and identify AFB by a (relatively simple) laboratory culture test.
User's Guide to the Pest Management Strategy - A simplified description of the various obligations imposed by the Pest Management Strategy.
Eliminating AFB Without the Use of Drugs - A practical manual for beekeepers with information about how to deal with AFB from a 'planned management' point of view.
Honey Bee Exotic Diseases and Pests - Identifying pests and diseases not presently found in New Zealand.
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