Modern Beekeeping - Bases for Sustainable Production 2020
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.90303
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American Foulbrood and the Risk in the Use of Antibiotics as a Treatment

Abstract: Honeybees (Apis mellifera) crucially pollinate agricultural crops and endemic species, in addition to producing various apiculture products. The most economically relevant and abundant beehive product is honey, a sweet substance made from the secretions of melliferous plants. Honey is a natural food rich in nutrients, including certain bioactive compounds inherited from floral nectar and pollen. Among the most dangerous diseases for bees is American foulbrood. Spores of the causative microorganism, Paenibacill… Show more

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“…These include various preventive precautions and some treatments [ 3 , 29 , 30 ] including the application of antibiotics to colonies [ 31 , 32 ]. Due to the appearance of resistant strains [ 33 , 34 ] and the possible contamination of honeybee products with them [ 35 , 36 , 37 ], their use was banned in many countries including EU member states. Instead, radical methods involving the burning of diseased colonies and contaminated hive materials are applied in these countries [ 6 , 38 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These include various preventive precautions and some treatments [ 3 , 29 , 30 ] including the application of antibiotics to colonies [ 31 , 32 ]. Due to the appearance of resistant strains [ 33 , 34 ] and the possible contamination of honeybee products with them [ 35 , 36 , 37 ], their use was banned in many countries including EU member states. Instead, radical methods involving the burning of diseased colonies and contaminated hive materials are applied in these countries [ 6 , 38 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When various preventive measures [ 8 , 11 ] fail and colonies become clinically infested they can either be cured with antibiotics (allowed in some countries, including the United States and Canada) [ 12 , 13 , 14 ] or are destroyed by burning, together with the associated hive materials (EU and most other countries) [ 3 , 15 ]. The use of antibiotics may be problematic because it can be connected with honey contamination [ 16 , 17 ] and their efficacy can impact the development of resistant strains of the pathogen [ 18 , 19 , 20 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%