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This glossary lists some of the most common diseases and parasites which affect bees.

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In the Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) the symptoms include deformity of wings. Deformed bees are soon expelled from the colony.

Domain: Agriculture; Category: General agriculture

Dysentery is not an illness but a condition of honey bees which happens when the bees cannot perform their mating flight due to cold weather and food supplies which contain a large proportion of ...

Domain: Agriculture; Category: General agriculture

The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a type of songbird that feeds on bees. It is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southern Europe and in parts of north ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Insects

European foulbrood or Melissococcus plutonius is a type of bacterial disease. It is a bacterium that infects the mid-gut of the bee larva. European foulbrood is considered less serious than American ...

Domain: Agriculture; Category: General agriculture

The European hornets are similar to wasps. Builds nests in hollow tree trunks and wooden manmade structures. It feeds on sap and fruit nectar, but is also likely to attack other insects, such as ...

Domain: Animals; Category: Insects

Israel acute paralysis virus (IAPV) was named after the place where it was first identified. It is considered to be strongly associated with CCD.

Domain: Agriculture; Category: General agriculture

In the Kashmir bee virus (KBV) the main field symptom is weakening of the colony and deaths of adult honey bees. That is why this is another virus whic is connected to colony collapse disorder (CCD).

Domain: Agriculture; Category: General agriculture

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