Abstract:
During the program monitoring bees’ health state it was possible to detect an invasion
of triungulin larvae of Meloe spp. against melliferous bees (Apis mellifera carpathica) in
apiaries from the South and East regions of the country. We evaluated 35 apiaries (550 bee
colonies) located in all the regions of the country, and found the presence of triungulinosa in
8 of them (22.86%). A number of 173 bee colonies have been affected (31.45%), while
54 colonies (9.81%) registered massive depopulations. Evaluation of the melliferous flora in
the areas adjacent to the apiaries showed a considerable number of triungulin larvae on the
florescence of the plants in the South-East area. Bees’ infestation with triungulin larvae of
Meloe spp. was diagnosed as singular morbid entity in six apiaries (five in the East and one
in the South), while in the other two infested apiaries, the presence of the triungulin larvae
was accompanied by other morbid entities, such as the nosemosis. To our knowledge, this is
the first report of an attack of the triungulin larvae against Apis mellifera carpathica
colonies in Romania.
