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Diseases and Enemies of Honeybees

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Honeybees suffer from many diseases. They are attacked by various pests, predators and other enemies. In India, brood diseases, such as American foul brood, European foul brood, Thai sac brood and adult bee diseases, viz. acarine, Nosema and clustering disease have been reported in hive bees. The major bee enemies are wax moths, wasps, birds, ants, hive beetles, mites, mice and bear, which destroy the raised combs, hives and hive parts, catch and kill bees, colony development, eat away the food reserves and cause nuisance to the bees, resulting into reduced colony productivity and returns per colony. Thus, regular monitoring and surveillance of colonies for early detection of diseases and enemies and use of non-chemical methods to keep pest population densities below economic injury level should be adopted for the management of bee diseases and enemies.

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