Disinfection of beekeeping objects with oxygen-containing preparations for bee aspergillosis

¹ All-Russian Research Institute of Veterinary Sanitation, Hygiene and Ecology – Branch of Federal State Budget Scientific Institution “Federal Scientific Center – K.I. Skryabin, Ya.R. Kovalenko All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine, Russian Academy of Sciences”, 5 Zvenigorodskoye highway, Moscow, 123022, Russia
² N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Kosygina st., Moscow, 119334, Russia
³ MIREA – Russian Technological University, 78 Vernadsky Avenue, Moscow, 119454, Russia

^* Corresponding author: 79164422245@yandex.ru

Abstract

Aspergillosis of bees is an infectious disease of bee brood and adult bees caused by fungi of the Aspergillus genus. These fungi live and are reproduced in soil, feeding on plant material, including the stamens and nectary of flowers. The causative agents are brought into hives by bees carrying nectar and pollen. Once inside, they grow on honeycomb, bee bread, larvae, pupae, and adult bees under favorable conditions. Aspergillosis is a zooanthroponosis, causing significant economic damage to beekeeping and potentially posing a risk to consumers of bee-derived products. Therefore, important tasks are the selection of preparations that meet the requirements of the industry and the development of effective regimens and applications. This paper presents the results of laboratory and apiary trials of oxygen-containing preparations for the disinfection of bee-keeping facilities (hives, frames, equipment) in cases of aspergillosis. Based on the data obtained, effective regimes of their use are recommended.