American foulbrood (malignant foulbrood, printed foulbrood) is an infectious disease of bee colonies, which causes their weakening and death as a result of decay of bee larvae at the age of pupation. American foulbrood is found in all countries of the world where beekeeping is developed. In the subtropics and tropics, the disease is more […]
Meleosis is an invasive disease caused by the parasitization of the larvae of Meloe beetles on the body of bees. The disease is usually short-lived, manifested by the excitement, anxiety of the bees and the death of a significant number of them. The causative agent of the disease. Larvae of the t-shirt are variegated (Meloe […]
The method of combating varroatosis of bees with the help of aira. That’s what I can offer. To combat this disease, use infusion or decoction from the roots of the aura. Essential oil adversely affects the varroa mite. Recipe 1 To prepare the infusion take 20 g of dry roots and pour 200 g of […]
Gegarinosis is an invasive disease of bee colonies, which causes an intestinal disorder. The disease is poorly understood. The causative agent of the disease is the Greek animal – the protozoa (Protozoa), from the class of sporoviks, the subclass Telesporidia, the body is divided into 2 or 3 parts. Parasitizing bees of Greek sperm from […]
In the summer of 1988, in one family, I found 10-15 white lumps in honeycombs, but did not attach any importance to it, considering them to be a moldy pearl. In the beginning of the summer of next year in this family again I saw the same lumps, but now I already knew that these […]
Melanosis is an infectious disease of the uterus, accompanied by the cessation of egg laying, the formation of a fecal plug and the blackening of the ovaries. The causative agent of the disease – Melanosella mors apis – refers to imperfect yeast-like fungi, the order of hyphomycetes, the family of demagogic. The causative agent can […]
Dry seeding is an infectious disease, accompanied by the drying of the eggs at the time the embryo leaves it; occurs when the bees are not moistened with larval shell food, it remains dry and the embryo can not break it. Causes of the disease. Dry seeding occurs when there is insufficient care for brood […]
Fungal diseases of bees (mycoses) are among the infectious diseases, the causative agents of which are pathogenic fungi. The most dangerous are ascosphere, aspergillosis and melanosis. In dysfunctional apiaries, families develop poorly, the number of individuals in them sharply decreases, and the remaining in the nest reduces the ability to fly and honey. Ascosferosis (calcareous […]
No matter how much information is published about varroatosis, the fight against it, interest in this does not decrease. Prepared article, which contains the most necessary, priority information about this disease, showing the dynamics of the fight with the pathogen. As a result, we offer a kind of “memo” with a unified table of data […]
Any novelty in our beekeeping business is of great interest to readers. So, my articles on the use of flavored starch when processing bees, came more than a thousand letters. When I looked through the mail, I selected the most frequently asked questions, and I will try to answer them. Before processing on many bees, […]