Highly contagious American lazy brood again found in Berlin-Mitte: Immediate measures initiated!
The highly contemplative honeybeien disease American Faulbrut has once again been identified in a bees in Berlin-Mitte. The district councilor of Mitte, Almut Neumann (Greens), announced on Friday. In order to prevent further spread, animal disease measures were immediately initiated. This also includes the establishment of a blocking district within a radius of one kilometer for epidemic in Berlin-Mitte. This blocking district applies to all honey bee owners. According to the district office Mitte, the following areas are affected by the blocking district in the north: District border on Provincial Straße/Kühnemannstraße in the east: District border on Nordbahnstraße/Steegerstraße in the south: From Osloer Straße 76 to district border on Bornholmer Strasse in the west: District border on Reinickendorfer ...
Highly contagious American lazy brood again found in Berlin-Mitte: Immediate measures initiated!
The highly contemplative honeybeien disease American lazy brood has been again found in a beehive in Berlin-Mitte. The district councilor of Mitte, Almut Neumann (Greens), announced on Friday.
In order to prevent further spread, animal disease measures were immediately initiated. This also includes the establishment of a blocking district within a radius of one kilometer for epidemic in Berlin-Mitte. This blocking district applies to all honey bee owners.
- in the north: District border on Provincial Strasse/Kühnemannstrasse
- in the east: District border on Nordbahnstraße/Steegerstraße
- in the south: From Osloer Straße 76 to the district border on Bornholmer Straße
- in the west: District border on Reinickendorfer Straße/Reginhardtstraße/Ritterlandstraße
Since the beehive is subject to notification, "all the owners of the bee colonies that have not yet been registered are asked to report their stocks immediately at the Mitte, veterinary and food supervision". The regulatory office is located in Beusselstraße 44 N-Q, 10553 Berlin. The office can also be reached on the phone number 030 901843231 or by email to vetleb@ba-mitte.berlin.de
After an outbreak of the American foul brood, the district of Mitte has set up a blocking area. Beekeepers, whose bee colonies occur, must immediately contact the veterinary and food supervision. href = "https://t.co/ovzpqecbx"> pic.twitter.com/ovzpqcbx
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Several cases of the American foul brood in Berlin districts
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p class = "Article_Paragraph_lxykj Paywall"> This year there were already cases of American foul brut in several Berlin districts. As the district office of Neukölln announced in June, the disease is a highly contagious bee disease. However, the disease is not a danger for other animal species or humans. The consumption of honey is also not dangerous.
In the disease, bee larvae are infected about spores of a bacterium and dying. The pathogen can survive in the ground or in old beehouses for years, so that infection can continue to occur.