Controlling of some honeybee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera : Apidae)‎ colonies diseases by bee venom

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Controlling of some diseases in honeybee Apis mellifera L.

(Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies such as bacterium (Paenibacillus larvae), fungus (Aspergillus flavus), protozoa (Nosema apis), mite (Varroa destructor) and the monitoring activities of honeybee colonies after controlling by bee venom had performed.

Feeding with bee venom solution gave the highest mean of infect reduction with American foul brood disease compared with other treatment.

Spraying with bee venom solution gave the higher mean of infect reduction with the stone brood disease than feeding with bee venom.

The reduction percentage of honeybee workers infected with N.

apis that treated with bee venom were 41.0, 50.0, 50.8, 46.0 and 3.7 % for feeding, spraying for bee venom solution, positive control (Artemisia), (Septazole) and negative control, respectively.

The bee venom solution gave highest values of fallen varroa mite followed by (Formic acid and negative control), respectively in sealed brood and adult.

The worker brood rearing activity after the treating with bee venom solution had a major peak of rearing in next summer and spring (653.7 inch2 /col.) while the spring season (544.2 inch2 /col.).

The general adult population mean of workers recorded for the treated colonies were (25700 worker/colony), it is also appeared that the highest population of colonies recovered from V.

destructor was recorded (28800 worker/colony) followed by colonies treated against P.

larvae, A.

flavus, N.

apis, and untreated colonies were recorded (28400, 24900, 23200 and 23100 worker/colony), respectively.-