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American Foulbrood

an infectious disease of bee larvae caused by the microbe Bacillus larvae. American foul-brood was first described in North America by G. F. White in 1902; hence the name. The disease has spread throughout the world. It is encountered everywhere in the USSR with the exception of the Khabarovsk and Maritime krais. It reduces the hive yield by 80 percent. It strikes bee colonies most heavily in July and August. The pathogen of American foul-brood is spread by wandering bees, by robber bees, and by certain insect pests of the bees. The incubation period of the disease is five to six days. Sick and dead larvae can be noted among the normally developing brood in the honeycombs; the infected larvae are marked by dark, collapsed, and perforated covers. The rotting corpses of the larvae are coffee colored and have a viscous consistency and an odor of carpenter’s glue.

The hives which have been infested with American foul-brood are put in quarantine. The ailing broods are isolated from the healthy, transplanted to disinfected hives on frames with artificial beeswax, and fed on sugar syrup with sulfanilamides or antibiotics. The used nest and the tools are disinfected. The infected bee colonies are brought to safe areas and the quarantine is lifted one year after the eradication of the infection in the hive.

REFERENCE

Poltev, V. I. Bolezni pchel, 4th ed. Leningrad, 1964.

V. I. POLTEV

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No references found	Aside from winter losses, the usual causes of death include varroa mites, hive beetles, wax moths, and American foulbrood (a bacterial disease rapidly becoming resistant to antibiotic treatment). Where have all the honeybees gone? by Williams, Rose Marie / Townsend Letter Preparation of disease-free colonies for drone mother colonies starts in the autumn to control varroa, Tracheal mites, Nosema, European and American foulbrood, chalkbrood and virus infections the following spring. How to requeen your beehive by Hayes, Jerry / Countryside & Small Stock Journal Learn to recognize American Foulbrood (AFB) and possibly European Foulbrood that can be treated with antibiotics. How bees make honey: and other facts to amaze your friends by Hayes, Jerry / Countryside & Small Stock Journal	American Bracketed style American Broadcasting Company American caisson American Canoe Association American Cave Conservation Association American Civil Liberties Union American Civil War American Colonial architecture American Colonial Revival American Colonization Society American concentration camps American Conservation Association American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac American explosive American Express Co. American Farmland Trust American Federation of Labor American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees American Federation of Teachers American Film Institute American filter American football American Forests American Foulbrood American four-square house American foxhound American Fur Co. American Fur Company American Geographical Society American Gothic American Hiking Society American Historical Association American holly American hophornbeam American hornbeam American Indian American Indian Heritage Month American Indian Languages American Indian Literatures American Indian Movement American Indian religions, North American Indian religions, South American Indians American Institute of Architects American International style American jade American Kennel Club American Labor Party American Landrace swine	American Foreign Law Association, Inc. American Foreign Policy Council American Foreign Service Association American Foreign Service Association Scholarship Fund American Foreign Service Protective Association American Foreign Trade Definition American Forensic Nurses American Forest and Paper Association American Forest Council American Forest Foundation American Forest Institute American Forest Resources Alliance American Forestry Association American Forests American Forests American forge American Forged Fitting and Flange Association American Fork American Fork Drumline American Fork High School American Fork Junior High American Formalwear Association American Forum for Global Education American Foster Care Resources, Inc. American Foulbrood American Foundation Arabian Horse Association American Foundation for AIDS Research American Foundation for Animal Rescue American Foundation for Children with AIDS American Foundation for Family Attachment American Foundation for Greek Language and Culture American Foundation for Maternal and Child Health American Foundation for Negro Affairs American Foundation for Overseas Blind American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education American Foundation for Suicide Prevention American Foundation for the Blind American Foundation for the Blind American Foundation for the Study of Man American Foundation for the University of the West Indies American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation, Inc. American Foundation for Urologic Disease American Foundation for Vision Awareness American Founders Bank Woodland Art Fair American Founders Life Insurance Company American Foundry Society American Foundrymen's Society American Foundrymens' Association American Four Barrel American four-square house

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Aside from winter losses, the usual causes of death include varroa mites, hive beetles, wax moths, and American foulbrood (a bacterial disease rapidly becoming resistant to antibiotic treatment).

Where have all the honeybees gone? by Williams, Rose Marie / Townsend Letter

Preparation of disease-free colonies for drone mother colonies starts in the autumn to control varroa, Tracheal mites, Nosema, European and American foulbrood, chalkbrood and virus infections the following spring.

How to requeen your beehive by Hayes, Jerry / Countryside & Small Stock Journal

Learn to recognize American Foulbrood (AFB) and possibly European Foulbrood that can be treated with antibiotics.

How bees make honey: and other facts to amaze your friends by Hayes, Jerry / Countryside & Small Stock Journal

American Bracketed style

American Broadcasting Company

American caisson

American Canoe Association

American Cave Conservation Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil War

American Colonial architecture

American Colonial Revival