​​​​​Websites

• BeeAware - a hub of information about honey bee biosecurity, including templates for record keeping and informative videos. BeeAware is funded by the Australian honey bee industry, pollinator-reliant plant industries, Plant Health Australia, governments and R&D agencies: www.beeaware.org.au​
• Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC): www.honeybee.org.au
• Plant health Australia: http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/industries/honey-bees/  - access to biosecurity plans, manuals and resources.
• Plant health Australia's online honey bee biosecurity module provides advice on keeping honey bees healthy using industry best practice: http://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/resources/training/
• BeeConnected! Any beekeeper who would like to be connected with farmers near their beehives, or would like to be informed of crop protection activities near their beehives, will find BeeConnected a valuable tool: https://www.croplife.org.au/resources/programs/beeconnected/
• Animal Health Act 1995: www.legislation.tas.gov.au
• The National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2015-2019: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/animal/health/amr

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) Publications:

http://www.rirdc.gov.au/research-programs/animal-industries/honeybee

• Australian Beekeeping Guide (2014) RIRDC Publication No. 14/098
• Treating European Foulbrood in Australian Honey Bees. Michael Hornitzky (2010) Publication No. 10/012; Project No. PRJ-000492
• Honeybee disease barrier management systems - Case studies. Russell Goodman (2001). Publication No 01/052; Project No. DAV-167A
• Hot wax dipping of beehive components for preservation and sterilisation. Russell Goodman (2001). Publication No. 01/051; Project No. DAV-167A
• Fat Bees Skinny Bees – A manual on honey bee nutrition for beekeepers. Doug Somerville (2005). Project No. 05/054
  

Other Publications

• World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals (2009)
• Chapter 2.2.2. American foulbrood of honey bees;
• Chapter 2.2.3. European foulbrood of honey bees
• Managing AFB. Guidelines for the identification and management of American foulbrood – a fatal disease of honey bee colonies. Dr Doug Somerville (Technical Specialist Honey Bees): http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/558434/managing-afb.pdf
• Elimination of American Foulbrood Disease without the use of Drugs: A Practical Manual for Beekeepers, by Mark Goodwin. Revised Edition 2006. National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand (Inc).
• Sterilising beekeeping equipment infected with American foulbrood disease spores. Goodwin, RM, Haine, HM (1998); New Zealand Beekeeper (5) 9:13.

Relevant Legislation

• Animal Health Act 1995
• Animal Health Regulations 2016
• Biosecurity Direction (Apiaries) BD 001/21​ (formerly the Apiaries Regulations 2011)