All living organisms can fall victim to diseases, pests or enemies and bees are no exception. In this article I will reveal some of the most common diseases and pests that may pose a threat to your colonies, so that you can recognize and identify them quickly and be able to deal with them accordingly. However, some can be very much more toxic than the other, it is important that that an aspiring beekeeper must be knowledge to make them at bay.
All good and excellent beekeepers inspect their hives and colonies regularly for these factors, and not simply assume that the decline in honey production or a decline in bee colonies to the factors mentioned above is only attributed. Pesticides and deficiency symptoms can be other reasons to contribute, so it is important that sufficient knowledge is obtained to be able to distinguish which is which and how to deal with it.
Someone who is still new to beekeeping may have difficulty identifying diseases so it is highly advisable that a novice with a local beekeepers association is registered so that they can get help in the diagnosis of diseases or pest problems, if they have some encounter. The bee life cycle can be divided into two phases, the larvae and the adult phase to phase and phase everyone is prone to split for his own diseases.
Diseases European foulbrood: - Is caused by bacterium Melissococcus plutonius what happens is that the bacteria on foods that starve in the gut of the larvae fed to death. This disease can be unnatural position of the larvae and color changes from pearly white (this indicates health) is recognized to be a creamy or tan color.
Foulbrood: - This disease is caused by spore-forming bacterium larvae, where the breeding contaminated food is caused. Once contaminated develop in a bacterium, which then cause the intestinal wall into the tissues of the larvae, the larvae die from sepsis multiple penetrates. It affects only the larvae but highly contagious and lethal to the brood.
Chalk Brood: - is a disease that is mainly caused by the fungus ascophaera apis and it is clearly in the spring. This type of disease is often associated with the expansion of colonies and it is still unclear what causes, but it can be attributed to high carbon dioxide levels in the nest when it is not properly ventilated or pollen defects.
Nosima Apis: - It is a disease found in bees known as Nosema, a spore-forming protozoa it is able to multiply bees in the stomach, which will affect the digestion of pollen, dead bees is the end result.
Pests and Parasites There are several pests that your hives from functioning optimally so in this article I will touch on a few can affect base.
Wax moth: - There is not too much trouble for the bees, but when during the destruction of the larvae the combs they spill can contaminate stored honey and may kill larvae. Most developed hives do not need treatment to control wax moths, as the bees are able to kill and clean out the dead larvae and webs are.
Hive Beetle: - you have small dark beetles that are live in hives, you should have your hive will attack them and they continue unabated, they can take over the colony and take your bees.
Trachea: - Are microscopic parasites that often occupy the bee's trachea, causing the bees have exhausted most of the time. The most obvious signs of this are an increased number of crawling bees outside the hive. For effective control of menthol crystals can be used, vegetable oil and sugar patties are also able to resolve the status drastic reduction in parasite reproductive capacity.
Varroa mites: - This parasite has reached epidemic proportions and it is common in new colonies. If an infected colony is not treated noted will be wiped off within three years, and delayed treatment of these parasites gives them the ability to build resistance to any form of treatment that is applied in the future. These are just some of the challenges that a new colony may face, unhappy I am able to cover everything in a single article, but when you click on the links below to get access to more information and to download a step -by-step course to come to you in the way to becoming a master beekeeper beekeeping .... Happy!...
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