AI-assisted research summary: This regulation lists specific organisms that are designated as diseases of bees for the purposes of The Bee Act, and it repeals the earlier 2003 Diseases of Bees Designation Regulation.
Diseases of Bees Designation Regulation (2024), M.R. 30/2024 The Bee Act , C.C.S.M. c. B15 Regulation 30/2024 Registered April 26, 2024 bilingual version (HTML) Designation of organisms as diseases 1 The following organisms are designated as diseases of bees for the purposes of The Bee Act : (a) Acute Bee Paralysis Virus; (b) Africanized honey bees, including (i) Apis mellifera scutellata , and (ii) bees of African genetics and hybrids of European and African genetic strains; (c) Asian honey bee, including (i) Apis cerana Fabricius, and (ii) the Apis cerana species complex; (d) bee louse (bee fly) (all species of flies in the genus Braula ); (e) Black Queen Cell Virus; (f) Cape honey bee ( Apis mellifera capensis Escholtz); (g) Chalkbrood (all species of the genus Ascosphaera ); (h) Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus; (i) Deformed Wing Virus; (j) dwarf honey bee, including (i) Apis florea Fabricius, and (ii) the Apis florea species complex; (k) Euvarroa mite (all species of mites in the genus Euvarroa ); (l) giant honey bee, including (i) Apis dorsata Fabricius, and (ii) the Apis dorsata species complex; (m) greater wax moth ( Galleria mellonella ); (n) Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus; (o) Kashmir Bee Virus; (p) large african hive beetle, including (i) Oplostomus fuligineus Olivier, and (ii) Oplostomus haroldi Witte; (q) lesser wax moth ( Achroia grisella ); (r) northern giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia Smith); (s) Nosema, including (i) Vairimorpha apis , and (ii) Vairimorpha ceranae ; (t) Sacbrood Virus; (u) small hive beetle ( Aethina tumida ); (v) southern giant hornet ( Vespa soror du Buysson); (w) Tropilaelaps mite (all species of the genus Tropilaelaps ); (x) Varroa Destructor Virus; (y) Varroa mite (all species of the genus Varroa ), including resistant varroa mites ( rVarroa , being all species of the genus Varroa resistant to miticides); (z) yellow-legged hornet ( Vespa velutina Lepeletier); (aa) any other virus associated with reduced bee health. Repeal 2 The Diseases of Bees Designation Regulation , Manitoba Regulation 120/2003, is repealed.