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POTENTIAL EFFICACY OF HONEYBEE, Apis mellifera L., VENOM AGAINST THE ECTOPARASITIC MITE, Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman)

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Plant Production

Abstract

The present work was carried out at the apiary of honeybee research center, Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, El-Arish University, Egypt during August - October of 2020 to evaluate the efficacy of honeybee venom at different concentrations (0.1, 0.01 and 0.001g/ 1L sucrose syrup) compared with a commercial acaricide, fluvalinate in controlling varroa mites in honeybee colonies. Moreover, the effects of these treatments on brood rearing activity were observed. Obtained results showed that weekly level of fallen Varroa on hive bottom board was high (average 92.7 mites/ colony) after using fluvalinate strips compared to bee venom averaged60.3, 46 and 28.3 mites/colony for 0.1,0.01 and 0.001concentrations, respectively. While the untreated colonies(control) averaged 7.3 mites/colony. Level of worker brood rearing was high in colonies treated with 0.1g bee venom, averaged 5441, 5857 and 6215 sealed cells/colony in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th brood cycles (every 12 days) intervals, respectively compared to other venom treatments. However, the least number of sealed worker brood (3607 cells/ colony) was recorded in the 4th interval influvalinate treatment.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2023.162774.1145

Keywords

Honeybee, Bee venom, Varroa mite, Control

Authors

First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

El-Bahnasy

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci.; Arish Univ., Egypt.

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shimaa_bah@yahoo.com

City

North Sinai

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First Name

Adel

Last Name

El-Bassiony

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Protec., Fac. Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Egypt.

Email

adel_bass@yahoo.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

ElBassiony

MiddleName

N.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci.; Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

nagibbee@yahoo.com

City

Egypt

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First Name

Hatem

Last Name

Mahfouz

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

hatemmahfouz@yahoo.com

City

ARISH City

Orcid

0000-0001-6858-2316

Volume

12

Article Issue

1

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39858

Issue Date

2023-02-01

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2022-09-13

Publish Date

2023-02-01

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1

Page End

8

Print ISSN

2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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2,342

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Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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POTENTIAL EFFICACY OF HONEYBEE, Apis mellifera L., VENOM AGAINST THE ECTOPARASITIC MITE, Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman)

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25 Dec 2024