BACTERIAL DISEASES OF HONEY BEES and CURRENT METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES

Year 2023, Volume: 14 Issue: 3, 149 - 161, 30.12.2023

Saliha Bediz Şahin , Barış Sareyyüpoğlu

https://doi.org/10.38137/VFTD.1392294

Abstract

Unlike other animals, honey bees are considered a super-organism consisting of thousands of individuals, including queen, worker and drones. Bacterial diseases such as foulbrood, spiroplasmosis and septicemia are observed in honey bees. In honey bees Among the bacterial diseases of honey bees, foulbroods caused by Paenibacillus larvae and Melissococcus plutonius, which affect the larvae, are more economically important than others. Diagnosis and control of these diseases is critical for the sustainability of the beekeeping sector, as honey bees contribute to the easy spread of infections due to their proximity and foraging habits within the hive. In this context, researchers have been driven to develop new and reliable diagnostic methods for accurate and rapid detection of bee diseases. This review focuses on the diagnosis of bacterial bee diseases of importance for the beekeeping industry and current developments in diagnostics.

Keywords

Diagnosis, foulbrood, Melissococcus plutonius, Paenibacillus larvae, septicemia, Spiroplasma spp.

BAL ARILARININ BAKTERİYEL HASTALIKLARI ve HASTALIKLARIN TEŞHİSİNE YÖNELİK GÜNCEL METOTLAR

Abstract

Bal arıları, diğer hayvanlardan farklı olarak binlerce bireyden oluşan bir süper-organizma olarak kabul edilir ve içinde kraliçe, işçi ve erkek arılar bulunur. Bal arılarında yavru çürüklükleri, spiroplazmoz ve septisemi gibi bakteriyel hastalıklar görülmektedir. Bu hastalıklar arasında larvaları etkileyen Paenibacillus larvae ve Melissococcus plutonius’un neden olduğu yavru çürüklükleri ekonomik açıdan diğer bakteriyel hastalık etkenlerine kıyasla daha fazla öneme sahiptir. Bal arıları, kovan içindeki yakınlıkları ve yiyecek arama alışkanlıkları nedeniyle infeksiyonların kolayca yayılmasına katkıda bulunduklarından bu hastalıkların teşhisi ve kontrolü, arıcılık sektörünün sürdürülebilirliği için kritik bir öneme sahiptir. Bu bağlamda, arı hastalıklarının doğru ve hızlı bir şekilde tespiti için araştırmacılar yeni ve güvenilir teşhis yöntemleri geliştirmeye yönelmişlerdir. Bu derlemede, arıcılık sektörü için önem taşıyan bakteriyel arı hastalıklarının teşhisi ve teşhiste güncel gelişmeler üzerine odaklanılmıştır.

Keywords

Melissococcus plutonius, Paenibacillus larvae, septisemi, Spiroplasma spp., tanı, yavru çürüklüğü

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