FIELD TRIAL FOR CONTROLLING THE FOULBROOD DISEASES IN HONEYBEE COLONIES

KHATTABY, AHMED M.; KHATTAB, METWALY M.; OMER, REDA E.; GAABOUB, IBRAHEM A.; HASHISH, MOHAMED E.

doi:10.21608/ejar.2011.176660

FIELD TRIAL FOR CONTROLLING THE FOULBROOD DISEASES IN HONEYBEE COLONIES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Honeybee Research Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Moshtohor, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.

10.21608/ejar.2011.176660

Abstract

Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) exposed and still to many diseases in Egypt during the last years, and the most danger is that honeybee colonies were attacked by two very ravenous bacterial diseases, which are named American foulbrood (AFB) and European foulbrood (EFB). In this field work trial was performed from October 2006 to April 2007, a beneficial and good results had been obtained in controlling and treating the two diseases by application a number of the beekeeping operations and by using some natural materials (Cinnamon & Clove) and which were superior as treatment when compared with the veterinary antibiotic, Tylosin that used also.