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Honeybee Diseases and Pests

Course Code	: VET218
Course Type	: Required
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 1
Prt.	: 2
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 2

Objectives of the Course

To teach and practice basic beekeeping and aquaculture, to teach bee diseases and pests, to gain ability to diagnose and treat diseases.

Course Content

Breeds of honeybee, rules of basic beekeeping and aquaculture, honeybee diseases and pests, diagnosis and treatment of pathogens, prevention against diseases, inspection of hive and bee in laboratory and in the field.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Lec. Selin HACILARLIOĞLU

Prof. Hasan EREN

Prof. Hüseyin Bilgin BİLGİÇ

Prof. Nuran AYSUL

Prof. Osman Selçuk ALDEMİR

Prof. Serkan BAKIRCI

Prof. Tülin KARAGENÇ

Learning Outcomes

1.	To be able to describe honeybees and breeds of honeybees
2.	Knows that the basic rules of beekeeping and breeding
3.	Recognize that the honeybee adult diseases, their knows that the diagnosis, treatment and prevention methods
4.	To be able to grasp how to diagnose, treat diseases of larvae honeybees and learn ways of prevention.
5.	To be able to inspect hives and bee in both laboratory and field

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	BAİLEY, L. and BALL, B.V. (1991). Honey Bee Pathology, Second Edition, Academic Press, pp:1-192
2.	CONNOR, L.J., RİNDERER, T., SYLVESTER, H.A., WONGSİRİ, S. (1993). Asian Apiculture, Wicwas Press, pp: 417-1204
3.	BROWN, R. (1993). Bee Hive Product Bible, Paragon Press, pp:1-225
4.	KAAL, J. (1991). Natural Medicine from Honey Bees (Apitherapy), Kaal's Printing House, pp: 1-93
5.	MORSE, R.A., NOWOGRODZKİ, R. (1990). Honey Bee Pests, Predators and Diseases, Second Edition, Cornell University Press, pp: 1-474
6.	ALDEMİR, O.S., EREN, H. (2013). Balarısı Hastalıkları ve Zararlıları, ADÜ Veteriner Fakültesi Ders Notu, sayfa:1-68

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Importance and history of beekeeping in Turkey

Week 1 - Practice

Importance of beekeeping, video about the morphology of honey bee, introduction of the queen, workers and drone, types of hives (Dadant, Langstroth).

Week 2 - Theoretical

Terms in beekeeping, equipments used in beekeeping, maintenance of hives and how to manipulate and approach hives

Week 2 - Practice

Introduction of beekeeping equipments

Week 3 - Theoretical

Anatomy, morphology, taxonomy, biology and breeds of honey bees

Week 3 - Practice

Video display about the maintenance and layout of hives. Preparation of cake and syrup.

Week 4 - Theoretical

Interactions between beekeeping and environment, swarming and transporting bees

Week 4 - Practice

Introduction of nectarian plants and pollen resources

Week 5 - Theoretical

Products of bee (honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, bee venom)

Week 5 - Practice

Demonstration of bee products

Week 6 - Theoretical

General features of bees and introduction to bees diseases

Week 6 - Practice

The first controls and inspection techniques of hive

Week 7 - Theoretical

General Review (Mid term exam)

Week 7 - Practice

Microscopic and macroscopic diagnosis of nosemosis

Week 8 - Theoretical

Nosemiosis and Varroosis (from diagnosis to treatment)

Week 8 - Practice

Microscopic diagnosis of varroasis and diagnosis within the hive

Week 9 - Theoretical

American and European foulbrood

Week 9 - Practice

Microscopy and Laboratory examination techniques of foulbrood

Week 10 - Theoretical

Fungal diseases of bees (from diagnosis to treatment)

Week 10 - Practice

Microscopy of honey bee fungal diseases

Week 11 - Theoretical

Septicemia and dysentery

Week 11 - Practice

Bee autopsy and searching for infectious agents

Week 12 - Theoretical

Bee paralysis, Stonebrood, Parafoulbrood

Week 12 - Practice

Criteria and methods of drug usage in bees

Week 13 - Theoretical

Trachea mite (Acarapis woodi), Bee lice (Braula ceaca) and Tropilaelaps clarea (from diagnosis to treatment)

Week 13 - Practice

Field application

Week 14 - Theoretical

Other bees pests (Wax moths, ants, bears, pesticides, toxicity), Regulations and legal procedures of beekeeping, Apitherapy

Week 14 - Practice

Field applications, General review, sampling, sendind and storing.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%70

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	15	0	1	15
Lecture - Practice	15	0	2	30
Midterm Examination	1	1	1	2
Final Examination	1	2	1	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				50

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