Do farmed bees get sick, and if so, how can they be treated?

As a new beekeeper, it may not be enough to know how to give bees ** symptoms, if we can know in advance whether the bees are healthy or not, it will play a vital role in the development of our bee colony. In many diseases of bees, they can actually be prevented and controlled through prevention, even if we can't prevent them, they can be detected in advance, which is also quite helpful for bees. But the question arises, how do we know if a bee is sick?

I believe that this is a problem encountered by many new beekeeping friends, and today the bee tribe will introduce five ways to check whether bees are sick.

If we want to check the symptoms of bees, then we have to find the difference, that is, the bee colony dynamics that normal bees do not have, the generally diseased bees are not energetic, and some even have difficulty taking off, and it is also shaky to walk inside and outside the beehive, it seems that it is not walking at all, but rolling, if these phenomena occur, our bee colony must have a problem, so how do we make further observations?

First: the observation of the head of the bee. We all know that bees are agile and their heads move freely for normal bees, so we can compare these normal behaviors to bees.

When we find that the existing bees are shaking their heads, the bees may have parasites, so we need to pay attention to further confirmation and then prescribe the right medicine.

Second: whether the wings are intact. Healthy bee wings are intact and powerful when flying.

If we find that there are bees with incomplete wings or even trembling, and it is difficult to even fly, then it is possible that we have all been infested by bee mites. However, it is important to distinguish this from curly wing disease, which is generally found in young bees.

Third: Watch the bees walk. Healthy bees move freely. If the bee is slow or even crawling, staggering and staggering, like a drunken drunk, it may be that our little bee is suffering from paralysis.

Fourth: Observe the body of the bee. Healthy bees have downy hairs on their bodies, bright bodies, and dry surfaces.

Sick bees will have a larger or smaller abdomen, all over their bodies will lose their fluff, and their bodies will turn black as if they had been fried, as described in the previous article, which is a symptom of black bee disease.

Fifth: Observe the situation of dead bees. Friends who have raised bees may know that bees are dragged out even if they die, and worker bees will drag the dead bees far away, so once we find dead bees in the hive, especially during the overwintering period, it means that our bee colony has been sick, so if we find a large number of dead bees in the hive, and the dead bees are dull in color and have a foul smell, we can basically conclude that our bee colony has typhoid fever or blood loss.

Well, this is the five methods that the bee tribe introduced to friends today about checking whether the bees are sick, I believe that we have accumulated a lot of breeding experience in the actual breeding process, and friends who have found it should not forget to share their new discoveries.

Like humans, bees can get sick from infections, but bees have a strong immune system that kills viruses and parasites in general, and after a few days, they will **.

If there is a nest in the box, it may cause bees to flee the colony. It is necessary to regularly scrape the wax chips at the bottom of the box, clean the wax tumors in the box, and remove the nest insect breeding ground. In the warehouse, "the spleen does not expose the box, the wax does not expose the tank", and the fumigation of chemicals should be used in time.

Indoor and outdoor should be cleaned up at any time to remove the spleen and broken wax, and boiling water should be applied to the old nest frame to dewax and kill insects.

It's contagious, and it's fast. It is recommended to raise it again. Or isolate the infected colony and not release it out.

Observe for a week. If other colonies do not see this phenomenon. That's fine.

It is best to take the infected dead bee to the nearest Academy of Agricultural Sciences or research institute for identification to see what kind of bacteria or virus it is.

You may have reptilian bee disease, crawl all over the ground, and lose the ability to fly. Colonies with serious mite infestation, with curled wings, are not well developed and cannot fly. Strengthen the management of bee colonies and develop the population potential. Choose local varieties that are highly resistant to disease.

Fungal infection. Hurry up, let's raise it again.

You can find a local Academy of Agricultural Sciences to solve it.

You can find it through online channels.

Contact the local agriculture and forestry department to solve the problem.

The bee mainly prevents the cyst, the larvae, and the nest worm! Italian bees mainly prevent bee mites, climbing, etc.!

The most common disease of bees is the trapping mite, which reproduces in the hive throughout its life. It lays eggs in the uncovered larval room, reproduces in the covered larval room, parasitizes on the larvae, pupae and adult bees, and absorbs hemolymph, resulting in the shortening of the life span of bees, the decline of collection power, and the production of bee products. Heavily affected colonies have a large number of larvae and pupae dying.

The newly hatched young bees are incomplete, the young bees crawl everywhere, and the colony is rapidly weakened.

Therefore, checking the health of bees is also one of the most important jobs done by beekeepers, in order to ensure the quality of bee colonies, sprinkling sterilization is inevitable, the state has clear regulations that do not allow the use of antibiotics and insecticides during the honey flow period, most of the insecticides used in beekeeping are inulinoid drugs, the dosage is very small, you think that bees are okay to people can be imagined.

Moreover, generally during the honey collection period, beekeepers will not sprinkle medicine to cure diseases, the flowering period is very precious, during the flowering period to treat the disease affects the bees to collect honey, the gains outweigh the losses, and the disease is detected early. So don't worry too much about the quality of honey being affected by drugs.

This bee is normal! Didn't get sick!

1. Bee chalk disease: spring or early summer is the most common period for bees, chalk disease, also known as lime bees, is an infectious disease of bee larvae, which mostly occurs in spring or early summer, especially under rainy and humid environmental conditions. Honey bee larvae that suffer from chalk disease die after the nest is capped.

2. Sporidiosis: Sporidiosis is the most widespread bee adult disease in the world, and the incidence rate in China is also high. Diseased bees have a shortened lifespan and reduced collection power, which can cause serious economic losses and must be paid enough attention.

3. Bee paralysis: Bee paralysis, also known as black bee disease, is an adult bee disease, which generally occurs in spring and autumn. There are two symptoms of bee paralysis:

One symptom (type I) is that the wings and body of the sick bee shake abnormally, cannot fly, often fall to the ground, sometimes squeezed together in the box, the abdomen swells, and the wings open and fall off. The distended abdomen is caused by the filling of the honey sac with water.

1. Cystic larval disease.

Cystic larval disease is known as a larval infection after the name is heard, and after the pathogen infects the larvae, the larvae are outdoors, and the worm's head is upturned, and the appearance looks like a boat, sac-shaped. This disease occurs in larvae, so there is no specific drug**, only to remove the queen bee from the hive, wait for the bees to clean up the pests and diseases, and then disinfect the hive can be solved.

2. Larval rot disease.

There are two types of larval rot diseases: American larval rot and European larval rot. American larval rot disease is caused by larval Bacillus infection, the larvae die brown at the onset of the disease, with a fishy smell.

European larval rot disease is caused by honeycomb honey bee coccus infection, the larvae die in a spiral shape and have a foul smell, the same cleaning of dead bodies, disinfection, and medicine**.

3. Chalk disease.

Infection with Bee Coccus causes the larvae to die, the larvae die or the surface will produce white berry silks, and finally turn into grayish-white lumps. The treatment method is to replace the disinfected nest spleen in time, burn the old nest spleen, feed it with professional fungicide with syrup, and strengthen warmth and ventilation at the same time, which can be eliminated in about half a month.

4. Sporidiosis.

Sporozoites parasitize in the stomach and intestines of bees, so that the digestive function of bees declines or disappears, and over time, the syrup eaten will expand the stomach and intestines, unable to fly, and it is best to die of exhaustion and weaken the bee colony. It can be eliminated by adding didrip to the syrup and feeding.

5. Bee mites. It is mainly parasitic on bees, and when it grows and matures, it lays eggs in the hive and sucks the body fluids of the larvae, causing the growth and development of the young bees after leaving the house, losing the ability to fly, and weakening the bee colony. It can be sprayed regularly with a special acaricide.

Hello, there are many measures for bee pest control, but the basic ones are health care, prevention, and three measures:

1. Health care measures: 1Strengthen feeding management:

Strengthen the feeding and management of bee colonies, and create good conditions suitable for the life of bee colonies (such as nectar source conditions and hygienic conditions) to improve the resistance of bee colonies to pests and diseases. 2.Breeding of disease-resistant varieties:

The response of each bee colony to the disease is observed in a planned way, and the more disease-resistant varieties are selected from them, or the disease-resistant varieties are cultivated through crossbreeding. 3.Observance of hygiene rules:

Pay attention to hygiene in the production process. Beehives and bee sets should be cleaned and disinfected frequently, beefarms and bee colonies should be cleaned frequently, and the cleaned waste should be destroyed or buried deeply.

2. Preventive measures: 1Quarantine:

A series of defensive measures to prevent the introduction of certain harmful pests and diseases of bees into disease-free areas, and to take isolation and eradication. 2.Sanitization:

Depending on the purpose of disinfection, it can be divided into preventive disinfection, anytime disinfection, and final disinfection.

3. **Measures: 1Diagnosis: When a bee colony is found to have suspicious symptoms, the cause of the disease should be identified as soon as possible and a correct diagnosis should be made. 2.**: Different drugs are administered according to the different causes of pests and diseases on the basis of correct diagnosis.