The occurrence of Melissococcus plutonius in healthy colonies of Apis mellifera and the efficacy of European foulbrood control measures

• Main Authors: Budge G.E., Barrett B., Jones B., Pietravalle S., Marris G., Chantawannakul P., Thwaites R., Hall J., Cuthbertson A.G.S., Brown M.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956183147&partnerID=40&md5=8688d6ad6982c1fae3bd7665a281331b; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/6205
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

European foulbrood (EFB) persists in England and Wales despite current treatment methods, all of which include feeding honey bee colonies with the antibiotic oxytetracycline (OTC). A large-scale field experiment was conducted to monitor a husbandry-based method, using comb replacement (known as Shoo...