8. NATURE OF DAMAGE OF WAX MOTH
Emerging larvae feed on wax ,pollen , honey in the comb
Heavy population of wax moth larvae increases the hive temperature
thereby affecting the brood rearing
Desertion of hive if 1or 2 frame affected
9. Management of wax moth
Remove the infested comb and destroy either by
burning or digging inside the soil
Unite the weaker colonies
Clean the bottom board at fortnight interval
Adequate food supply to maintain a strong colony
(sugar feeding)
Always maintain healthy comb
While staking the super chamber place 1/3rd
Tablet
of Aluminium phosphide for every cubic ft or 2-4
table spoon of PDB between every other super in
a stack
Spray of B- 401 a formulation of Bacillus
thuringiensis @ 1.5 ml / 10cm2
10. WASP
Activity : May-June, August-September
Serious in hilly area
25% colonies lost every year
Weaker colonies suffers maximum
Active in front of the hive during
11AM to 2PM
11. Management of wasp
• Destroy the wasp nest
either mechanically or
by using fumigant like
Aluminium phosphide
or Calcium cyanide
• Maintain strong colony
• Use of wasp trap :
Ripened jack fruit with
2grams of Furadan
• Covering the colony
with coconut branches
• Mechanically collect
and destroy
12. ANT
Nature of damage: Take away the honey,
pollen, eggs of honey bee from weaker
colony
MANAGEMENT :
Swab the stand with used mobil
Legs of hive placed in cups of water
Clean the bottom board at fortnight interval
13. ENDO PARASITIC MITE
Acarapis woodi :
Cause acarine disease
Both nymphs and adults feed the haemolymph
from the young worker bee by entering through the
spiracles
SYMPTOM
Presence of crawler bee in front of hives
For wing and hind wing get separated resembling K shaped
wing
Yellow dropping due to dysentry
Distended and shinning abdomen
MANAGEMENT
Smoke fumigation with chlorobenzilate (FOLBEX) @ one strip /
hive
14. ECTO PARASITIC MITE
Tropilaelaps clareae
Rust red mite attacking both
brood and adults
Spread through rock bee
SYMPTOM
Irregular brood pattern
Dead malformed larvae/ pupae / adults
MANAGEMENT : Fumigation with 85% Formic acid @
5m/ hive/ daily for 21 days
16. Symptom:
• Presence of perforated brood
• Unsealed brood and dead pupae
• Dead adults with malformed wing
• Presence of large no. dead and live mite on
bottom board
• Susceptible to robbing
MANAGEMENT;
Destruction of infested comb
Destruction of unwanted drone brood
Fumigation with formic acid (85%) @ 5ml/box for 21days
Use of Apistan (Fluvalinate)@ 1strip/box
Caging the queen for 21 days
Dusting powder sugar/ flour @ 20grams/ 10 frame during
evening
17. THAI SAC BROOD VIRUS DISEASE
Infected larvae with head
protruded upwards
Dead larvae at the bottom of cell
18. Sac like dead larvae
Milky fluid in the infected
larvae
20. Dead larvae ejected out by worker
bees
Uncapped and empty cell
due to TSBV infection
21. MANAGEMENT :
Destroy all affected frame by burning
Maintain strong and vigorous colony
Sterilization of all beekeeping equipments with Potassium
permanganate @ 50g/lt of water followed by hot water dipping
Fumigation of hive with formic acid(85%) @ 5ml / hive for 21
days to control mite which acts as carrier
Caging the queen for 21 days to create broodlessness
conditions
Inspect brood comb at regular intervals for any disease
symptom
Avoid overcrowding and exchanging of brood from one colony
to another
Ensure complete check on robber bees which spread infection
22. DYSENTRY
SYMPTOM
Yellow dropping on bottom board with
smell during rainy season
Presence of weak dying adults in front of
hive
MANGEMENT
feed the colony with Metron @ 5mg along
with honey / sugar solution daily for 3 days
/ hive