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Demonstrate knowledge of disease in the bee colony
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the signs of a
healthy bee colony, and inspection techniques; the signs of ill health and
disease in a bee colony, disinfection requirements, and apiary site
management in the presence of disease.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Apiculture
Status
Registered
Status date
21 August 2009
Date version published
21 August 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation includes but is not limited to the – Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Biosecurity Act 1993, Biosecurity (National American Foulbrood Pest
Management Strategy) Order 1998, and their subsequent amendments.
2
Industry procedures are those specified in the following references – Goodwin, Mark,
Elimination of American Foulbrood Disease Without The Use of Drugs: A Practical
Manual for Beekeepers (Otaki, New Zealand: National Beekeepers Association of
New Zealand Inc., revised edition 2006) (also referred to as The Beekeeper’s
Manual); and Goodwin, Mark and Taylor, Michelle, Control of Varroa – A Guide for
New Zealand Beekeepers (Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry, revised edition 2007).
All references are available from the National Beekeepers Association of NZ (Inc)
(NBA) website at http://www.nba.org.nz, or email secretary@nba.org.nz.
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Definition
In-house procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for
disease management in a beehive or apiary, which must comply with legislative
requirements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the signs of a healthy bee colony, and inspection techniques.
Performance criteria
1.1
A healthy bee colony is described according to the visible characteristics.
Range
1.2
amount and distribution of brood - eggs, larvae, pupae;
colour of larvae, shape of brood cappings, population of bees,
behaviour of adult bees, amount of food stores.
Inspection techniques are described in accordance with industry procedures,
and The Beekeeper’s Manual.
Element 2
Describe the signs of ill health and disease in a bee colony, disinfection requirements, and
apiary site management in the presence of disease.
Performance criteria
2.1
Ill health in a bee colony is described in accordance with the visible
characteristics.
Range
2.2
Common diseases and disorders found in a bee colony are described by their
features.
Range
2.3
diseases – American foulbrood, sacbrood, chalkbrood, parasitic
mite syndrome, half moon syndrome, wax moth;
disorders – starvation, heated brood, chilled brood, varroa mite.
Disinfectants and disinfection requirements for personal gear are described in
accordance with in-house procedures and The Beekeeper’s Manual.
Range
2.4
characteristics of ill health include but are not limited to – dead
bees; reduced population; smell, colour and consistency of dead
larvae and pupae; colour and perforations of capped brood;
appearance of cappings; presence of scale.
hive tool, smoker, gloves.
Apiary site, and beehive management in the presence of disease is described in
accordance with in-house procedures and The Beekeeper’s Manual.
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Apiary records are described in accordance with in-house procedures.
Range
2.6
includes but is not limited to – field notebook.
Reporting procedures in the presence of disease are described in terms of the
Biosecurity (National American Foulbrood Pest Management Strategy) Order
2009 and The Beekeeper’s Manual.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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