Disease Resistance in Africanized Honey Bees
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One of the consequences of the expansion is the health conditions of the bees in the countries where they are found today. It is known that the honey bees are susceptible to several diseases and bee pests such as EFB, AFB, Nosema, Amoeba, Sacbrood, Chalkbrood, Acarine, Varroosis, Viruses etc. The two most important diseases of honey bees are Varroosis and American Foulbrood (AFB) (DE JONG, 1994). However, evidences of resistance of certain races of honey bees exist against certain diseases and parasites, deserving special note the honey bees Apis cerana in Asia (PENG et al., 1987; RATH & DRESCHER, 1999) and AHB in Brazil (MESSAGE and GONÇALVES, 1977).
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