Asalarilar varroatozining epizootologiyasi va olingan asalning veterinariya-sanitariya ekspertizasi

Abstract

This article investigates the infestation rate of 60 Carpathian honey bee colonies in four apiaries in the Samarkand and Kashkadarya regions with the mite Varroa destructor. Varroosis was detected in 22 colonies, with an overall infestation prevalence of 36.6%, reaching 33.3% in Samarkand Region and 40.0% in Kashkadarya Region. The highest infestation rate was recorded during the summer. Honey obtained from infested colonies showed diastase activity of 6-7 DN, moisture content of 19.5%, and a pH of 3.2-3.3. In some samples, lead was detected at 0.12 mg/kg, cadmium at 0.05 mg/kg, and amitraz residues at 0.15-0.25 mg/kg. The study aimed to assess the relationship between the prevalence of varroosis and the veterinary and sanitary quality indicators of honey.