ceeagasc renee Published by: Teagasc, 19 Sandymount Ave., Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. July 1996 © Copyright 1996Profitable honey production Acknowledgements The material in this booklet was prepared by Teagasc staff members John Burke, Richard Dunne, Patsy Bennett and Padraig Mac Giolla Ri. The help of John Keating and Bridget Murphy in the preparation and production of this booklet is also acknowledged. The photographs used in Varroasis in honeybees were kindly supplied by Dr. Peler Fluri, The Federal Dairy Research Instutute, Bee Deptartment, CH-3097 Liebefeld, Switzerland. The financial support of the Federation of Irish Beekeepers’ Associations in the publication of this booklet is gratefully acknowledged. While occasional reference is made to trade names and proprietary prod- ucts in this booklet, no endorsement of named products is intended, nor is any criticism implied of similar products which are not named.