Natural Enemies of the Greater and Lesser Wax Moths and Their Activity in Honey Bee Colonies under the Environmental Conditions of Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Document Type : Research and Review Papers

Authors

1 Plant Protection Department Faculty of Agriculture Sohag University Sohag 82524 Egypt

2 Plant Protection Department

3 Department of plant protection

Abstract

The current investigations were conducted in Egypt's Sohag Governorate in the 2022/2023 season. Data revealed that there are two parasitoids associated with the greater wax moth; the most common and efficient is Apantales galleriae which represented in the collected samples in considerable numbers all over the year. Whereas Bracon hebetor was parasite in too few samples. The highest abundance of G. mellonella, 140.00 adults per 1 kg of wax, recorded in August, and the lowest number it was in March, 26.67 adults per 1 kg of wax. The seasonal abundance of A. grisella throughout the period from December, 2022 to November, 2023 ranged between 1.67 and 7.00 individuals per 1kg of wax. The highest number of the parasitoid, A. galleriae was recorded in September with 75.67 adults per 1kg of wax. Whereas the lowest number was recorded in April at 13.67 adults per 1 kg of wax. The number of the parasitoid, B. hepetor is very limited, ranged from 0 to 1.67 adults per 1 kg of wax. Akhmim district had the largest number of wax moths, G. mellonella, A. grisella, and the parasitoids, A. galleriae with 234.67, 2.67 and 142.67 adults per 1kg of wax respectively. Also, the least number of the greater wax moth was in Dar-El Salam district, with 28.00 and the least number of the lesser wax moth was 0.33 adults per 1kg of wax respectively. While the parasitoids were not present in the Dar-El Salam, Girga, Aserat, Maragha, and Tahta districts.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics