BİNGÖL, Mesut Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Zootekni Bölümü, Turkey , ERKAN, Cengiz Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Zootekni Bölümü, Turkey

A Research on the Determination of Honey Bee Diseases and Pests in Van Province

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The current survey study, which was conducted between months of October and December of 2012, aimed to determine the problems with honey bee disease and pests and the basic methods of struggle of beekeepers throughout the province of Van. In the result of the evaluation of data obtained from one-to-one interviews with a total of 71 beekeepers, it was determined that more than half of beekeepers (59.15 %) were primary school graduates and 84.51 % of beekeepers was doing migratory beekeeping. The beekeepers expressed that the recognition rate of disease and pests likely to be seen in their colonies was 97.18 %, according to another evaluation, they cannot to distinguish disease of American Foulbrood and European Foulbrood. According to the research results, the rate of perizin used by beekeepers was 53.52 % in the struggle for varroa in last season. It would be beneficial raising the awareness of beekeepers on the issue.

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Survey , Honey bee , Disease and pests

Yuzuncu Yil University Journal Of Agricultural Sciences

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