Mehiläisten talvitappiot ja varroantorjunta Ruotsissa. Preben Kristiansen.
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Colony losses in Sweden
Varroa control and weather conditions
Finnish Beekeepers Winter Days
Jyväskylä
2015
Preben Kristiansen
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VarroazonerVarroa in Sweden
Now Varroa in approx. 85 % of the colonies
1987 on Gotland
1991 in Malmö
Zone 1 - Varroa
Zone 2
Zone 3
It is not allowed to move
bees from areas with varroa
to areas where varroa has
still not been detected
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May | June | July | August | September | October |
Evaluation of
infestation level
Dronebrood removal FA
short-term
OA
Control concept
dronebrood removal + oxalic acid (and formic acid if needed)
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Varroa control methods
P. Kristiansen, 2013 Source: SBR statistics
Proportionofbeekeepers,%
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Varroa control concepts
2014
P. Kristiansen, 2015 Source: SBR statistics
Proportionofbeekeepers,%
N=4080
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Summerhoney
Late summerhoney
Bell heather honey
Heather honey
Forest honey
Chestnut honey
Natural content of formic acid in honeyFormicacidinhoney,mg/kg
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May | June | July | August | September | October |
Dronebrood removal FA
short-term
OA
Control concept
dronebrood removal + oxalic acid (and formic acid if needed)
But how about honey
harvest here?
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Kristiansen, 2001
Formicacidinhoney
mg/kg
FA, short-term
(n=10)
Formic acid before heather-honey flow
Formic acid in honey
Control
(n=10)
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Apiary I (N=12) Apiary II (N=7) Apiary III (N=7)
Kristiansen, 2002
Test with VARROX-vaporizer
2002
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Oxalic acid trickling
Test 2014
Mites/100bees
Before
treatment
After treatment
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1992-2008 Registered as a chemical pesticide
2009-2011 Could be prescribed by a veterinarian
with permission from the Medical
Products Agency
2012 Registered as a veterinary medicinal
product, no prescription needed
Apistan in Sweden
Analyses of wax samples from 1998
Test for fluvalinate resistance from 2000
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Fluvalinate in Swedish wax
Kristiansen, 2011
Proportionofsampleswithtau-fluvalinate
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Mitefall versus powdered sugar
Mite fall per day
Mites/100beeswithpowderedsugar
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Colony losses in Sweden
1920–2014
P. Kristiansen, 2015 - Data from SBR
Totalcolonylosses,%
13%
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Beekeepers Colonies Losses, %
2008-2009 565 7354 17,5
2009-2010 751 13598 24,7
2010-2011 572 11700 14,5
2011-2012 1445 22919 12,0
2012-2013 1737 26080 22,6
2013-2014 1604 20701 9,6
Colony losses in Sweden
Survey on internet with the COLOSS-questionnaire
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Colony losses in Sweden
1925–2014
Totalcolonylosses,%
P. Kristiansen, 2015 - Data from SBR
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• Varroa present or not
• Control methods of varroa
• Timing of treatment against varroa
• Timing of wintering
Colony losses
important factors related to varroa
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Queen problems - colony losses
Losses,%
More than
normal
n=274
Normal
n=827
Less than
normal
n=128
Don’t know
n=422
Queenproblems 2012
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Survey 2012
Totallosses,%
15 kg or more
(n=14049)
Less than15 kg
(n=2148)
Survey 2003
Totallosses,%
Less than 15 kg
(n=5854)
15 kg or more
(n=11843)
Winter feed and colony losses
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Proportionofbeekeepers,%
Average losses
2009-2010 and 2013-2014
583 beekeepers
21185 colonies
Average losses, %