American foulbrood (AFB) is the most severe bacterial disease that affects honey bees, having a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. AFB's causative agent is Paenibacillus larvae. AFB kills infected honey bee larvae; however, it eventually leads to the collapse of the entire colony when left untreated. The infection takes place by the ingestion of the spores with the food provided by adult worker bees to the larvae. In South America (SA) the disease was first described in 1989 in Argentina, constituting the first sanitary challenge for beekeepers to overcome. Prevention and control measures of AFB in SA countries generally include vigilance for early diagnosis, isolation of apiaries with cases of AFB, and multiplication of healthy colonies with hygienic queens, among others. The extensive use of tetracycline hydrochloride in Argentina has led to the development of resistant P. larvae isolates. In this context, the development of alternative and effective methods for the control and prevention of AFB disease is crucial. Currently, alternative strategies for the prevention and treatment of AFB are being studied, mainly based on essential oils.
El ectoparásito de Apis mellifera, Varroa destructor, es uno de los principales problemas para la apicultura mundial. La siguiente revisión indaga en investigaciones relacionadas con la parasitosis, con principal hincapié en los estudios llevados a cabo en Latinoamérica. Desde los primeros registros de la parasitosis y hasta la actualidad, se presenta una recopilación de la biología, ecología, virus asociados a Varroa, mecanismos de control con acaricidas de síntesis y resistencia; como así su interacción con los linajes africanos. Finalmente, se integra y discute la relación de los conocimientos en el área con la actividad apícola y los mecanismos actuales de control natural.
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