Epidemiological Study in Varoosis and in other Bees Brood Pathogens in Western Romania

Abstract

Samples of adult bees (Apis mellifera) and bees brood collected from 31 apiaries in western Romania have been examined for diagnosis in varroasis and in bees brood infectious and contagious diseases: ascosferosis, aspergillosis, European foulbrood and American foulbrood. For this study were used rapid immunoassay tests and microscopic examination. Varroa destructor mite was identified in all apiaries, 72% of adult bee samples and 96% of the samples of bees brood was infested. Ascosferosis was identified in 10% of the samples of bees brood and American foulbrood only 2% of the bees brood samples. No cases of aspergillosis and European foulbrood were identified during the study.