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Suspected of being infected with the "Small hive beetle"
first north of the Alps and in
of Switzerland
28 March 2015, a histori for us beekeepers
Che's date in the negative sense be.
For the first time in a beekeeping operation in the canton of U
ri suspicious larvae of the small diffraction
tenkäfers discovered. That suspicion is confirmed, Hea
re in September 2014 in Southern Italy
honey bee pest discovered for the first time north of the Alp
s and appeared in Switzerland. Here
the chronology of events from the perspective of competent
ended bee inspectors of the original cantons
Vik Gisler and Bruno Reihl:
18 March 2015: Beekeeper controls its peoples and
rated the later infected people as
its strongest at its booth.
March 25, 2015: The bee inspectors of the original cantons
lead for all beekeepers Uri / -Innen a
Compulsory information session by. They show di
e of damage, the possible recognition
voltage characteristics of the adult beetle and its larvae u
nd explain the planned fight
tion measures. At the end of the event gets hurt
t every beekeeper / each beekeeper a diffraction
tenkäfer trap of the type "Beetle Blaster", which between
rule, the honeycomb is hung.
March 28, 2015: The beekeeper wants the traps in his
Swiss installing boxes and finds just the
first, most people who suspect larvae
.
while all bees are already dead (see photo).
He
calls Vik Gisler, Uri bee inspector to help
.
the immediate Bruno Reihl, the Chief Bieneninspek-
tor may call in. They decide the entire goods
sample material frozen at minus 12 degrees,
Eggs, nymphs and adults of the Little Beutenkä-
fers been shown to kill. The beehive
is cleaned according to the foulbrood measures
and sterilized. In all other peoples on the Beach
and
traps are used.
March 29, 2015: The bee inspectors perform a
Control of all peoples on the affected state
by. There are no signs of a further
Infestation. Inform the cantonal veterinary officer Andreas
Ewy that comes immediately on site and the
affected beekeepers both very grateful that he from
absolutely did the right thing, but also well
continuing a lock state as a necessary seuchenbehördl
cozy measure pronounce.
30 March 2015: Crisis meeting in Veterinary Office of Ur
Cantonese in wells. The other meas-
measures are advised. Bruno Reihl reckons that
see all larvae are of equal length, ie at the
the same day were set as egg, on a single
nes females suggesting. With the length
of about 6 mm (size of a honeycomb cell, see
Photo), the larvae are about 6 days old.
Moreover, the egg-life of 3 days, so that the egg
deposit before a total of 9 days, ie on 19th
Could be carried out in March (uncertainty: 1 day). The
is a day after the beekeeper the people
had controlled than alive. It means a
ber also that the larvae still 5-7
Need days to devel to migrating larvae
eln, get 6 legs and thus from
can also run the hive to be in the Earth
burying ground and verpup-
groups. After 4 weeks, they would as adult beetles
crawl out again to new bidders
nenvölker to attack. This is our chance.
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