Deck 3

Question 1

American foulbrood positive colony:

Answer 1

Kill the bees, burn the beehive and report to the authorities.

Question 2

The pathogen of American foulbrood has ….. catalase test.

Answer 2

Negative

Question 3

Secondary invaders of European foulbrood?

Answer 3

Paenibacillus alvei
Enterococcus faecalis
Brevibacillus laterosporus

Question 4

Describe clinical symptoms of larva infected by European foulbrood:

Answer 4

Dead larvae in unsealed cells.
In twisted position.
Yellow and brown.
Remains granular.
Sour odour.
Easily removed scale.

Question 5

Septicaemia of honey bees is caused by ?

Answer 5

Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Question 6

Chalkbrood can be identified by symptoms:

Answer 6

Larvae dries into hard, sunken, white, chalk-like mummy.
If the infection is heavy; mummies can be found at the hive entrance or on the bottom boards.

Question 7

The protozoa diseases are diseases of ?

Answer 7

Adult bees.

Question 8

The spores of nosema disease develop exclusively within the ….. cells of the …..

Answer 8

Epithelial
Ventriculus

Question 9

Typical symptoms of nosema disease is ?

Answer 9

Defecation inside the hive - leads to odour.
Swollen and very white ventriculus.

Question 10

Describe the laboratory method for detection of nosema spores:

Answer 10

Remove digestive tract and examine ventriculus under a microscope.

Question 11

What use for prevention and treatment of nosema disease ?

Answer 11

Fumagillin (Not in EU).

Question 12

Amoeba disease is caused by ?

Answer 12

Malpighamoeba mellificae.

Question 13

Tracheal mite is caused by ?

Answer 13

Acarapis woodi.

Question 14

The place for parasitism of tracheal mite is ?

Answer 14

First thoracic spiracle.

Question 15

Varroasis is caused by ?

Answer 15

Varroa Jacobsoni.