Investigation the Exsistence of European Foulbrood Disease in Larvae and Adult Honeybees in Some Regions of Turkey with Conventional PCR Methot

Abstract

European foulbrood disease caused by Melissoccocus plutonius which gram-positive bacterium that leads to larval deaths with its worldwide prevalence, paving the way for beehives to die away over time. It causes economic losses in honey production. Bee breeding and honey production are economically pivotal in Turkey, and it is vital to analyze the prevalence of this disease. This study aims to identify M. plutonius from the honeycombs suspected of European foulbrood and dead bee samples from the beehives (11 hives in total) that contain honeycombs collected from Cankırı, Hatay, Kars and Konya via conventional PCR method. In this study two samples DNA identified as M. plutonius (18% of total hives).