Bee disease scare
i? ADELPHI, Md. Honey
bees are buzzing again in
Adelphi; nectar is flowing in
the apple blossoms of central
Maryland, and the late
winter scare for North
American beekeepers is now
all but a bad memory.
This optimistic report
comes from Dewey M.
Caron, extension agriculture
specialist at the University
of Maryland in College Park.
The scare came in the
form of a tiny parasitic mite
bearing the scientific name.
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Varroa jacobsom. Two of
these mites had been found
dead last fall in a vial con
taining a drone honey bee
collected in a Adelphi area
by a Umversity of Maryland
entomology graduate
student.
Honey bee colonies
throughout Asia, most of
Europe and parts of Africa
and South America have
been devastated by the
Varroa mite since its
discovery in 1904. But the
dreaded pest was unknown
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over in Maryland
on the North American
contment until its apparent
Maryland discovery in 1979.
To make sure that the
parasitic mite had not
gamed a foothold, some 27
central Maryland
beekeepers with 84 colonies
in a 30-square-mile area of
Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties voluntarily
allowed their honey bee
populations to be destroyed
in late March by apiary
inspectors from the
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Maryland Department of
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Maryland’s 12-colony
teaching apiary at College
Park was included in this
program.
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were hauled to a central
location, meticulously
disinfected, and pain
stakingly examined for any
evidence of varroa in
festation. None was found.
.So the hives were
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 10,1980—019
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American Bee Breeders
Association and returned to
their owners.
Several state beekeepers
organizations around the
nation have contributed
money to help reimburse the
affected Maryland
beekeepers for total or
partial loss of their 1980
honey crop. Funds are being
administered by a sub
committee of the Maryland
State Beekeepers
Association.
Robert M. Altman,
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assistant secretary of the
state Department of
Agriculture, has recently
written to plant regulatory
officials throughout the U.S.,
assuring them that a varroa
infestation docs not exist in
the bee colonies of
Maryland.
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