Honeybee Diseases

Question 1

What does AFB stand for?

Answer 1

American Foulbrood

Question 2

What does EFB stand for?

Answer 2

European Foulbrood

Question 3

What is Chalk Brood?

Answer 3

A fungal disease of honey bee brood that infects the gut of the larvae. It is caused by a spore-forming fungus namedAscosphaera apis that is consumed along with larval food.

Question 4

What is the Latin name for the Tracheal Mite

Answer 4

Acarapis woodi

Question 5

What bacterial diseases affect honeybees?

Answer 5

1. American Foulbrood

2. European Foulbrood

Question 6

What fungal diseases affect honeybees?

Answer 6

1. Chalkbrood

2. Stonebrood

Question 7

What viruses affect honeybees?

Answer 7

Cripavirifar:
Chronic bee paralysis virus: Syndrome 1 and Syndrome 2

Dicistroviridae:
Acute bee paralysis virus
Israeli acute paralysis virus
Kashmir bee virus
Black queen cell virus

Cloudy wing virus

Sacbrood virus

Iflaviridae:
Deformed wing virus
Kakugo virus

Iridoviridae:
Invertebrate iridescent virus type 6 (IIV-6)

Secoviridae:
Tobacco ringspot virus

Lake Sinai virus