Common bee diseases

Many of these diseases are obvious and very disgusting. I appreciate the pictures so I know exactly what to look for but they were really gross. The American foul brood is caused by poor bee keeping practices but I would like to know exactly what those practices are? Apparently this disease can only be stopped by fire, I would like to know if there are any easier treatments? I believe that we have talked about chalk brood in class. It says that it is fount throughout the united states but is it found elsewhere? It would be nice if people worked harder at making cures for bee diseases, it would be to bad is your hive collapsed because you had no cure. We did a lab on Nosema, which is like a bee stomach flu. This is a particularly gross disease thankfully this disease has a cure, antibiotic Fumagillin sold as Fumidil-B mixed with sugar syrup. Most of the other diseases in the chart are insects or mites so I wont go through that in detail but the treatment is generally some sort of chemical. Other pests include squirrels, bears and racoons, the best way to get rid of them is either to kill them or prevent them from entering the hive. This is a good page to have bookmarked but I don't think that it is really something that needs to be memorized.