High-resolution maps of Swiss apiaries and their applicability to study spatial distribution of bacterial honey bee brood diseases [PDF]
Honey bees directly affect and are influenced by their local environment, in terms of food sources, pollinator densities, pathogen and toxin exposure and climate.
Raphael S. von Büren +3 more
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American foulbrood (AFB) and European foulbrood (EFB) are the two most important bacterial diseases that affect honey bee brood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of an integrated treatment of AFB and EFB in naturally infected colonies in
Michela Mosca +7 more
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Effect of Arak (Salvadora persica) and Cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp.) Extracts on Foulbrood Bacteria In vitro [PDF]
The antibacterial activity of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of both Arak (Salvadora persica) and Cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp.) plants was evaluated on the foulbrood bacteria under the laboratory conditions instead of the synthetic antibiotics [it is
I. Gaaboub +4 more
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American foulbrood is one of the most serious and yet unsolved problems of beekeeping around the world, because it causes a disease leading to the weakening of the vitality of honey bee populations and huge economic losses both in agriculture and ...
Ewa Jończyk-Matysiak +15 more
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The features of microbiota isolated from the honeycombs with affected bee brood
Aim. To investigate the microbiota of honeycombs with affected bee brood. Methods. Visual, immunochro- matographic, cultural-morphological, biochemical, electron-microscopic methods were used to isolate and previously identify a number of microorganisms.
O. Yaroshko +8 more
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony strength and its effects on pollination and yield in highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) [PDF]
Many pollination studies with honey bees have examined the effect of colony density on crop yield and yet overlook the effect of variation in the population size of these colonies.
Kennedy Judith Grant +2 more
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The bacterium Melissococcus plutonius is the etiologic agent of the European foulbrood (EFB), one of the most harmful bacterial diseases that causes the larvae of bees to have an intestinal infection.
de León-Door Adrián Ponce +6 more
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SURVEY OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN FOULBROOD DISEASE ON HONEY BEE COLONIES IN DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE. [PDF]
It is essential that beekeepers are able to recognize the diseses and distinguish them from foul brood. Survey was carried out in four districts of Dakahlia governorate (Mansura, Metghamer, Al-Met salsil and Bilqas) from Sept 2009 to Aug2011.
Dina Mandouh, Hala El-Serafy, H. Fathy
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Wild bees and their nests host Paenibacillus bacteria with functional potential of avail
Background In previous studies, the gram-positive firmicute genus Paenibacillus was found with significant abundances in nests of wild solitary bees.
Alexander Keller +6 more
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Controlling European foulbrood with the shook swarm method and oxytetracycline in the UK [PDF]
Colonies infected with European foulbrood (EFB) were treated with the shook swarm method in combination with oxytetracycline (OTC) and compared with those treated with OTC alone, the usual treatment for EFB in England and Wales. Success rates and instances of recurrence in the following season were recorded in the seasons 2000 and 2001 respectively ...
Ruth J. Waite +3 more
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