7582: Treatments of honey bee colonies affected by Varroa destructor in organic apiculture
(2006) Treatments of honey bee colonies affected by Varroa destructor in organic apiculture. Paper presented at Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006..
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Summary
The organic honey bee productions are provided for in the EU Regulation 1804/99. Notwithstanding the beekeeping industry deserves a considerable economic importance to the whole organic market of the EU, limited action is paid in favour of the organic beekeeping. A noticeable exception to this are the huge research efforts on the disease control, which is mainly due to the lack of useful and not contaminating remedies against severe pests hitting the honey bees in the whole EU.
To avoid the honey contamination with treatment residues is paramount and fosters researche on soft chemicals like oxalic acid, which is of utmost impor-tance not only in organic, but also in conventional contexts.
The Authors are presenting here a synthetic review on the treatments against the varroosis with OA and on their research to optimise the use of the substance in different Italian environments.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | varroa, oxalic acid, organic apiculture, honey bees |
| Subject Areas: | Animal husbandry > Health and welfare |
| Research affiliation: | Italy > CRA International Conferences > Joint Organic Congress 2006 > Theme 8: Animal health and disease handling |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 7582 |
| Contact: | Nanetti, Dr Antonio |
| Deposited On: | 09 May 2006 |
| EPrint Type: | Submit a paper or a poster to a conference |
| Published?: | Published |
| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Peer Review Status: | Not peer-reviewed |
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