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Apiculture Important Pests

Acarapis woodi: A mite, called the Tracheal mite which infests the bees' breathing or tracheal system; sometimes called Acarine disease, this refers to bees that are heavily infested with the Tracheal mite.

Bacillus larvae: The bacterium that causes American foulbrood.

European foulbrood: An infectious brood disease of honey bees caused by Streptococcus pluton.

American foulbrood: A brood disease of honey bees caused by the spore-forming bacterium, Bacillus larvae and characterized by a ropy or gummy condition of affected larvae. It is the most widespread and destructive of the brood diseases, affecting queen, drone, and worker larvae alike.

Sacbrood: A brood disease of bees caused by a filterable virus which interferes with the moulting process; the dead larva resembles a bag of fluid.

Nosema disease: A widespread adult bee disease caused by a one-celled spore-
forming organism Nosema apis; it infects the gut lining.

Terramycin: An antibiotic used to control American and European foulbrood.
Wasp: A close relative of honey bees, usually in the family Vespidae; they are
carnivorous, some species preying on bees (see also, Hornet).

Braula coeca: The scientific name of a wingless fly commonly known as the bee
louse.

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