American foulbrood – how to protect
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American foulbrood of bees
American foulbrood in bees: treatment of disease.
In this article we will talk about common pathology brood – American foulbrood.
This is one possible cause major damage beekeepers.
Characteristics of the pathogen.
Culprit problems – threw larvae.
One reason for the difficulty of combating disease – resistant pathogen spores.
They are nothing to worry sunlight.
Even with these disputes can be stored in honey 28-42 days. Boiling kills spores through 10-13 minutes.
The detrimental effect of sunlight when dry spores have to 2-3 day.
If disputes, are the victims, dried brood, they are very resistant to chemicals.
The spread of disease
The list of potential sources of infection has:
- patients larvae;
- dead larvae;
- infected bee products – honey and pergi.
The nuances of American foul brood
It is evident in the spring months and reaches a maximum peak in the summer.
At the beginning of disease affects slightly larvae, but it affects all cells.
As affected a printed brood, then establish the larvae infection is very difficult (especially beginners).
In pathology may indicate:
- sharp weakening bee colonies;
- lack of health notch.
symptomatology
For signs of American foul brood should periodically inspect brood.
The main feature of a healthy family – uniform distribution of the brood comb, patient – vice versa (plus empty cells).
If you find yourself depressed, perforated cell, the, probably, you are faced with American foul brood.
Features of dead larvae in this disease:
- color – brown or brown;
- the smell of wood glue;
- lipka Taguchi mass visohlogo rozplodu;
- crust, which is difficult to remove (it is the dried larva).
Sound the alarm must at a colorful brood combs to.
Diagnostics
It is based on the definition of the disease by their appearance.
Advice: If you are new, then contact a specialized laboratory.
Biomaterials for laboratory diagnostics – suspicious cells.
Read: The European foulbrood disease of bees: treatment.
treatment strategy
During medosbora problem of bee colonies should ensure clean hives, new cells.
Do not do without wax foundation, medical syrup, which includes preparations, used in the treatment of European hnylltsyu (inappropriate sanazin).
Importantly, that all streets were busy.
Features of driving of the patient with the same bdzholosim'yi, that of European foul brood.
First remove the uterus.
It is replaced by a young, healthy individuals, located in the cell.
Prerequisite – New insulation nest "home".
After confirming the diagnosis of infected beekeeping sector is sent to quarantine.
This applies to the surrounding areas (radius – at least 5 000 m). Quarantine removed, if after treatment apiary is at least 12 months.
The strategy involves fighting disease and disinfect places, which were previously infected bdzholosim'yi.
Also disinfected hives, extension, framework, Beekeeping equipment.
Places, which were sick with hives families, perekopuyutsya.
Earth processed 10% svizhepohashenym lime (consumption rate – liter per square).
Method of preparation: quicklime (1 kg) + water (1 l). After repayment of the amount of lime has to 10 l by adding water.
Advice: a container for a vehicle using a wooden barrel.
Before disinfection of hives wax is removed, propolis. Then they are washed. For this purpose hot lye (10 l water + 2 kg ash).
Alternative – bilyova soda (3% solution). It is important to wait for the complete drying of hives. Then they obpikayutsya.
For that matter will blow-torch. Burning can be replaced by two-time processing kaustyfitsyrovannym Potashnya-soda solution. The interval between treatments – no less 1 years.
Duration of exposure disinfected hives – 2 gained. After they are washed and dried.
Design elements hives (extension, framework, plug board, separate grating) disinfected using boiling.
In this case sanitizer presented 2% sodium hydroxide. In the given quarter hour boiling.
To disinfect empty honeycombs, suitable for further use, You can use the solution, consisting of 3% hydrogen peroxide and 3% acetic acid.
Dwell time WTO solution – 24 years.
Some beekeepers disinfected free of honey and pergi cells by irrigation of the same solution.
This work easily performed using hidropulta. Irrigation to be two sides of each cell.
Prerequisite – complete filling cells disinfector. In this state, cells are maintained daily, After cells are washed, dried.
WordHex, who do not plan to use, peretoplyuyutsya – boiled soft. It takes 2,5 years. Wax hundreds of these belongs to surrender.
Read: Disease bees nozematoz (diarrhea): treatment
Methods of disinfection equipment:
- large metal – fire. Use all the same soldering lamp;
- small tools – boiling. Disinfectant – 2% soda solution.
After disinfection equipment is washed with water, fired.
Disinfection hives holstykiv, navolochok, insulating pads by using boiling.
Applicable 3% soda, 1% sodium hydroxide. In the first case, the exposure time is half an hour, second – quarter.
Disinfected hives elements propoliskuyutsya, dried, proutyuzhivayut.
Working solutions usually disinfected following:
- 20% hydrogen peroxide;
- 10% formalin;
- 1% aktivovanim chloramine.
Dwell time clothes in disinfecting solutions – 4, 3, 2 years, in accordance.
Whatever solution propoliskuyetsya clothing, dried. The used water is recycled.
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