The Honey Bee Health Improvement Project focuses on ways to help honey bees and beekeepers. In the absence of Colony Collapse Disorder, this task force will seek out and secure funding for innovative and important work to understand and promote genetic stock improvements, understand and promote best management practices for commercial beekeeping, and promote forage opportunities for colonies on public and private land.

Contact: nappc@pollinator.org

The BeeMD aims to help beekeepers and others concerned with bees quickly identify honey bee health issues, through an interactive, visually rich, informative, and easy to use website.

Contact: james@pollinator.org

Tropilaelaps (or Tropi) mites are a growing concern for beekeepers in North America because it has successfully switched hosts to parasitize the western honey bee and has expanded its geographical range.

Visit our Tropi-STOP page for more information on how to identify and stop the spread of Tropi.