TROPILELAPSOSIS OF BEES – A NEW THREAT TO RUSSIAN BEEKEEPING

UDC 638.162: 669.018.674
doi: 10.36871/vet.san.hyg.ecol.202302014

Authors

Anna Z. Brandorf,
Federal Agricultural Research Center of the North-East named N.V. Rudnitsky Kirov 610007, Russian Federation
Alexey B. Sokhlikov,
All-Russian Research Institute for Veterinary Sanitation, Hygiene and Ecology – Branch of Federal Scientific Center – K.I. Skryabin, Ya.R. Kovalenko All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 123022, Russian Federation

Abstract

Currently, a severe epizootic situation is developing on the territory of the Russian Federation for the spread of the dangerous infectious disease of honey bees tropilelapsosis. Tropilaelapsosis is a disease of honeybee brood caused by a tick of the genus Tropilaelaps. The article provides an overview of scientific research on the biology of the pathogen, its spread around the world, pathogenesis, clinical picture and methods of diagnosis of the disease. The existing methods of treatment and prevention of bee tropilelapsosis are described. Data on the spread of tropilelapsosis on the territory of the Russian Federation are given.

Keywords

tropilelapsosis, infestation of Tropilaelaps, Tropilaelaps clareae, Tropilaelaps mercedesee, Apis mellifera, ticks