Vol. 9(2), pp. 29-34, 2019
ISSN: 2276-7762
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DOI Link: http://doi.org/10.15580/GJBS.2019.2.090119163
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Detection of Aethina tumida Murray 1867 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and the yeast Kodamaea ohmeri in Africanized honey bees from southeastern of Brazil
1 Edlene Ribeiro Prudêncio; 2 Geraldo dos Santos Oliveira; 3Maria Cristina Affonso Lorenzon*; 3 Alexandre dos Santos Nogueira; 1 Rosa Helena Luchese
1Food Microbiology Laboratory, Departmentof Food Technology, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, 23897-970 Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2 Fernandes Figueira Institute – Fiocruz; Av. Rui Barbosa 716, 22.250-020, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
3 Animal Production Department, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, CEP 23897-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Article No.: 090119163
Type: Research
DOI: 10.15580/GJBS.2019.2.090119163
The small hive beetle (SHB), is a significant pest of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) hives in various regions throughout the world, including the southeastern Brazil. Samples of honeycombs and pollen, bees and SHB were collected from two apiaries located nearby Rio de Janeiro city, southeastern Brazil. Samples were homogenized and plated in Sabouraud agar. White, moist, creamy colonies were counted and identified phenotyphically as Kodamaea ohmeri. At the time the sampling was done, the yeast contamination was low in all parts of the hives but, yet above the Brazilian legal standards for honey, which established a maximum of 102 CFU g-1 of mold and yeasts.
Submitted: 01/09/2019
Accepted: 03/09/2019
Published: 26/09/2019
*Corresponding Author
Maria CA Lorenzon
E-mail: affonsoneta@ gmail. com
Phone: +55213787 3975
Keywords: honeybee; symbiosis; small beetle; beekeeping; Microbiology
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