The efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone on nosemosis in honey bees
Nosemosis is an intracellular fungus that seriously affects honeybees" health globally. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone applied by spray on the frames against Nosemosis in adult honey bees under field...
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| author | Mehmet ÖZÜİÇLİ Ahmet Onur GİRİŞGİN Ali İhsan DİKER Yasin BAYKALIR İhsan KISADERE Levent AYDIN |
| author_facet | Mehmet ÖZÜİÇLİ Ahmet Onur GİRİŞGİN Ali İhsan DİKER Yasin BAYKALIR İhsan KISADERE Levent AYDIN |
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| description | Nosemosis is an intracellular fungus that seriously affects honeybees" health globally.
This study aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus
essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone applied by spray on the frames against Nosemosis
in adult honey bees under field conditions. Five treatment groups and two (negative
and positive) control groups were assigned for this study. In treatment groups; the 3%
solutions of thyme, peppermint, and eucalyptus, and the 1.000 and 2.000 ppm solutions
of nanoparticle ozone, were applied four times each week, 125 mL per hive (500 mL
solution in total). Average Nosema spore counts before and after the treatment were
calculated on a Neubauer hemocytometer slide by the digestion method, and the percent
reduction test determined the efficacy of the combinations. According to the results, the
highest reduction in the number of Nosema spores was observed in the thyme essential
oil group at 84%. Peppermint essential oil, eucalyptus essential oil, and 1.000 and 2.000
ppm nanoparticle ozone efficacies were found at 77.45%, 76.10%, 72.41%, and 71.21%,
respectively. Findings from this study revealed that essential oils and nanoparticle ozone
can reduce the Nosema spore load to a point under field conditions. Plant extracts
would offer a non-antibiotic alternative for Nosema control and further studies of herbal
extracts are required as potential Nosema control agents in honey bees. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f79a5b28b75d47069f028e1f611578c82023-09-02T09:49:57ZengKafkas University, Faculty of Veterinary MedicineKafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi1309-22512023-07-0129433534210.9775/kvfd.2023.291673015The efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone on nosemosis in honey beesMehmet ÖZÜİÇLİ0Ahmet Onur GİRİŞGİN1Ali İhsan DİKER2Yasin BAYKALIRİhsan KISADERE3Levent AYDIN4Balıkesir University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, 10000, Balıkesir, TÜRKİYEBursa Uludag University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, 16059, Bursa, TÜRKİYEBalıkesir University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, 10000, Balıkesir, TÜRKİYEBalıkesir University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Physiology, 10000, Balıkesir, TÜRKİYEBursa Uludag University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, 16059, Bursa, TÜRKİYENosemosis is an intracellular fungus that seriously affects honeybees" health globally. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone applied by spray on the frames against Nosemosis in adult honey bees under field conditions. Five treatment groups and two (negative and positive) control groups were assigned for this study. In treatment groups; the 3% solutions of thyme, peppermint, and eucalyptus, and the 1.000 and 2.000 ppm solutions of nanoparticle ozone, were applied four times each week, 125 mL per hive (500 mL solution in total). Average Nosema spore counts before and after the treatment were calculated on a Neubauer hemocytometer slide by the digestion method, and the percent reduction test determined the efficacy of the combinations. According to the results, the highest reduction in the number of Nosema spores was observed in the thyme essential oil group at 84%. Peppermint essential oil, eucalyptus essential oil, and 1.000 and 2.000 ppm nanoparticle ozone efficacies were found at 77.45%, 76.10%, 72.41%, and 71.21%, respectively. Findings from this study revealed that essential oils and nanoparticle ozone can reduce the Nosema spore load to a point under field conditions. Plant extracts would offer a non-antibiotic alternative for Nosema control and further studies of herbal extracts are required as potential Nosema control agents in honey bees.https://vetdergikafkas.org/pdf.php?id=3015honey beeessential oileucalyptuspeppermintthymenanoparticle ozonenosemosis |
| spellingShingle | Mehmet ÖZÜİÇLİ Ahmet Onur GİRİŞGİN Ali İhsan DİKER Yasin BAYKALIR İhsan KISADERE Levent AYDIN The efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone on nosemosis in honey bees Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi honey bee essential oil eucalyptus peppermint thyme nanoparticle ozone nosemosis |
| title | The efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone on nosemosis in honey bees |
| title_full | The efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone on nosemosis in honey bees |
| title_fullStr | The efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone on nosemosis in honey bees |
| title_full_unstemmed | The efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone on nosemosis in honey bees |
| title_short | The efficacy of thyme, peppermint, eucalyptus essential oils, and nanoparticle ozone on nosemosis in honey bees |
| title_sort | efficacy of thyme peppermint eucalyptus essential oils and nanoparticle ozone on nosemosis in honey bees |
| topic | honey bee essential oil eucalyptus peppermint thyme nanoparticle ozone nosemosis |
| url | https://vetdergikafkas.org/pdf.php?id=3015 |
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