THE OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYBEE COLONIES CLINIC EXAMINATION METHODS IN WINTERING PERIOD

ŞAPCALIU, Agripina; RĂDOI, Ion; BUŢU, Alina

THE OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYBEE COLONIES CLINIC EXAMINATION METHODS IN WINTERING PERIOD
Agripina ŞAPCALIU^*, Ion RĂDOI^**, Alina BUŢU^***
^* Institutul de Cercetare Dezvoltare în Apicultură
^** Facultatea de Medicină Veterinară Bucureşti
^*** Institutul de Cercetare Dezvoltare pentru Ştiinţe Biologice

Abstract. The honeybee colony wintering way and its situation can be assessed by hearing controls and exarnination of wax crumbs collected from the hive floorboard and outside of the hive entrance.
Additionally, the laboratory exams give a complete sanitary-veterinary image of the colony situation in winter, the next step being the correction of abnormal situations by specific methods and techniques.
A particular case is the examination of honeybee colonies in artificially, controlled conditions in bee tunnel flight (apitron).This way, the healthy state, the food consume and brood rearing are evaluated.