Update log

This page lists every change to the Pests, Diseases & Biosecurity section, newest first. Rules, approved products and pest situations change, so the pages in this section are checked against official sources and updated when something changes. Each page also shows its own “Last checked” and “Last changed” dates.

If you notice something out of date, report it through the Contact page.

How pages are kept current

• Each page is checked against official sources: the APVMA, the national varroa program and Outbreak.gov.au, BeeAware, and the state and territory agriculture departments.
• Approved treatment products are checked on the APVMA’s register of registered products and its permits search. Only current registrations and current permits are listed.
• When a rule or product changes, the page is updated, its “Last changed” date moves, and the change is added here.

Changes

1 November 2026

Page removed

• How to report a pest was removed, along with the Exotic Plant Pest Hotline lines and the “Suspect a notifiable pest?” box on each page. Pages still say which pests are notifiable and which state department to contact.

New page

• Ants, mice and other nuisance pests: simple non-chemical steps (stands, mouse guards, sealed storage, smaller entrances against wasps), and when to contact your state department.

Photos added

• Photos added, with credits and licences, to Small hive beetle, American and European foulbrood, Wax moth, Chalkbrood, sacbrood and nosema and Exotic pests and threats. No advice changed.

Changed

• State-by-state rules: Victoria’s “moving bees in” note now asks you to confirm the current rule with Agriculture Victoria, because its advice and the AHBIC guide differ.

31 October 2026

New pages

• Exotic bee pests and threats: how to spot exotic pests that are not established in Australia, and what to do if you think you have found one.
• This update log.

Rewritten in the practical-first style (test or identify first, then treat and report, state by state)

• Small hive beetle, American and European foulbrood, Wax moth, Chalkbrood, sacbrood and nosema and What’s wrong with my hive?. Treatment products on each page were re-checked on the APVMA register on 31 October 2026.

Varroa mite page rewritten

• Varroa mite now sets out each test step by step, lists approved treatments by type with their APVMA status, and has a state-by-state table of what to report.
• Apistan is no longer listed: its APVMA permit expired on 31 July 2026 and it is not on the register.
• Added: varroa is no longer notifiable in the ACT (since 5 June 2026), but hives must still be registered.
• Added: mites resistant to both pyrethroids and amitraz have been confirmed in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.

First pages published

• Current alerts, State-by-state rules, What’s wrong with my hive?, Wax moth and Chalkbrood, sacbrood and nosema.
• Varroa mite, Small hive beetle, American and European foulbrood and How to report a pest (removed 1 November 2026).