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Essential Oils as Potential Control Agents Against Varroa Mite Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman in Comparison with Chemical Substance on Honeybee Colonies Headed by Hybrid Local Egyptian Queens
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فاعلية الزيوت الأساسية ضد حلم افاروا Varroa destructor Anderson and Truemanمقارنة بالمواد الكيمائية فى طوئف نحل العسل الهجين المصرى.
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| Abstract |
The efficacy of essential oils i.e. geranium oil, lemon oil, mint oil, chamomile oil and black cumin oil, used alone or in combination, compared with a chemical insecticide; mitac, against Varroa mite was evaluated. The infestation levels of these substances were evaluated in honeybee colonies during October, November and December 2005 in Giza Governorate. Cotton strips, saturated with the tested substances, were hanged in the middle combs in all treatments. The efficacy rate of geranium oil, lemon oil, mixture of (geranium, lemon, chamomile and mint oils) and mixture of (lemon, black cumin and mint oils), in comparison with mitac was 37.27%, 32.56%, 37.59%, 36.27% and 53.64% respectively. This study indicates that using mixture of essential oils was more suitable with cotton strips in control Varroa mite, genetic improvement by using hybrid queens between Apis mellifera carnica (drones) and Apis mellifera lamerkii (virgins), could be an effective and reliable method for the control of Varroa destructor. Cultural control by or adding lemon oil to sugar solution, used in feeding the colonies, especially in winter, Putting the colonies in citrus garden and cultivation of geranium or chamomile around apiaries (these new cultural control) were added to IPM programmes for control Varroa mite.
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| Publication year |
2008
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| Pages |
9-14
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| Organization Name |
Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI)
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| serial title |
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology
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| External authors (outside ARC) |
مراد فهمى حسن
كلية الزراعة - جامعة القاهرة، الجيزة
سالى فاروق محمد علام
كلية الزراعة - جامعة القاهرة، الجيزة
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| Agris Categories |
Pests of plants
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AGROVOC
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Apis mellifera.
Breeding methods.
Essential oils.
Varroa.
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| Publication Type |
Journal
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