ENVS 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: List Of Diseases Of The Honey Bee, American Foulbrood, Bee Pollen

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Sciences
• Course: ENVS 2210
• Professor: Ernesto Guzman

Document Summary

Part of the information is contained in the textbook. The rest of the information will be provided in class. Also check the omafra web site: www. omafra. gov. on. ca/english/crops then go to. There are more than 20 known diseases that affect honey bees. Six of them cause serious damage (american foulbrood, varroosis, acariosis, nosema disease, Moreover, many pests may cause some harm to honey bee colonies. The most damaging ones are wax moths, small hive beetles and some mammals. Classified by etiology: bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi, etc. Classified by affected bee stage: brood or adult bee diseases. Honey bee diseases can be studied according to their etiology (cause: parasites, fungi, bacteria, viruses) or according to the affected honey bee stage (adult bees or brood) Infectious and highly contagious disease that causes old larvae and pupae to decay (rotten inside the cell). Afb is considered the most serious disease of bees. Gram is a stain that is used to stain the bacteria.