Course curriculum List of lectures: 1. History of honeybees, past and future 2. Beekeeping, the importance of honeybees in the nature and agriculture, honeybee products - characterisation 3. Honey bee family - structure, behaviour, age-related activities, pheromones 4. Anatomy, physiology, development and nutrition of honey bees 5. Diseases of honey bees – Sacbrood and other virus diseases - cause, occurrence, symptoms, prevention, therapy 6. Diseases of honey bees – American and European Faulbrood, Chalkbrood and Stonebrood - cause, occurrence, symptoms, prevention, therapy 7. Diseases of honey bees - Nosema and Amoeba diseases - cause, occurrence, symptoms, prevention, therapy 8. Diseases of honey bees - Tracheal mite - cause, occurrence, symptoms, prevention, therapy 9. Diseases of honey bees – Varroa destructor - cause, occurrence, symptoms, prevention, therapy 10. Diseases of honey bees – Topilaelaps and Small hive beetle - cause, occurrence, symptoms, prevention, therapy 11. Pests – insects, birds and mammals 12. Noninfection diseases – adult and honeybee brood 13. Honey bees poisoning - pesticides, plants and environment List of practical courses: 1. Apiculture - apiary, beehive, equipment - excursion of the University beekeeping facility 2. Products of honeybees – honey, wax, propolis, royal jelly, pollen, venom - samples 3. Anatomy and physiology of honey bees - external structure, anatomical dissection, alimentary channel, respiratory system 4. The diagnostic of virus diseases - Sacbrood - methods of detection, film 5. The diagnostic of bacterial diseases - American foulbrood - cultivation, staining procedures, biochemical tests, microscopic examination, film 6. The diagnostic of bacterial diseases - European foulbrood - cultivation, staining procedures, biochemical tests, microscopic examination, film 7. The diagnostic of fungal diseases – Chalkbrood and Stonebrood - cultivation, staining procedures, microscopic examination 8. Comparative symptoms of various brood diseases of honey bees 9. The diagnostic of parasitic diseases - Nosema and Amoeba diseases - dissection of alimentary channel, separation of mid-gut and Malpighian tubules, microscopic examination. 10. The diagnostic of parasitic diseases – Tracheal mite - dissection and separation of trachea, microscopic examination, film 11. The diagnostic of parasitic diseases – Varroa destructor - detection of Varroa from debris, brood and honey bees, microscopic examination, film 12. Methods of insertion of drugs to honeybees colony 13. Veterinary - health search - condition of colony, brood changes, sampling and direction for sending |
