ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE PREVENTION OF NOSEMOSIS AND VARROOSIS IN HONEYBEES
Keywords:
honeybees, nosemosis, varroosis, questionnairesAbstract
During the spring of 2015 were carried out survey of the 28 beekeepers in the form of questionnaire and laboratory testing of 98 samples of bees for parasites. The purpose of the survey was to establish the awareness of beekeepers on the control of parasitic diseases and the effect of methods and means. The questionnaire contains 20 questions, including information on the location of the apiary, available pasture, hive systems, production orientation, the beekeeper awareness of, observed diseases and how to prevent and control them. The most common parasitic diseases observed by beekeepers varroosis and nosemosis. The main indicators that influence on the selection of veterinary medicinal
product were price (32.1%), subsidies under measure B of beekeeping program (10.7%) and onerous in the application (64.3%). A great is the percentage of beekeepers using unregistered VMP (57.1%). Laboratory examinations of samples of bees show a high degree of infestation with spores of Nosema spp. (53%) and the mite Varroa destructor (12.3%), alone and in mixed invasion (19.4%).
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