Question

1. Identify three diseases of Bees. Each disease should be caused by either a bacteria, virus or protozoa.

You will list the symptoms and the control for each disease.​

Answer 1

1. Nosemosis: Symptoms: declining population, poor honey production, reduced brood production: Control: you can treat your colonies with fumagillin according to the package directions. Fumagillin is an antimicrobial agent isolated from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus.

2. European Foulbrood: Symptoms: erratic or uneven brood pattern,

twisted larvae lying unnaturally in the cell, dis-colored larvae: Control: Antibiotics are used prophylactically to prevent and to treat European foulbrood after signs of the disease are visible. Oxytetracycline (Terramycin) is the only antibiotic approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat European foulbrood.

3. American Foulbrood (AFB): Symptoms: Spotted brood pattern, Sunken cappings, Off center holes in cappings: Control: It is best to burn all colonies infected with AFB but you can treat infected colonies with antibiotics. There are two antibiotic treatments for AFB: Terramycin and Tylan. If AFB is not resistant to Terramycin (oxytetracycline hydrochloride) then this antibiotic is used.

Step-by-step explanation:

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