Chatting Bee Medicine With The Bee Veterinarian | Twin Trees Vet Talk

On today's episode of Twin Trees Vet Talk, we welcome our very special guest, Dr. Jörg Mayer DVM, MS, DABVP, DECZM, DACZM. Dr. Mayer is a Professor of Zoological Medicine at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, where he also teaches Bee Medicine classes to veterinarians and veterinary students.

In this episode we will focus on advice for beekeepers and troubleshooting bee colony loss. We discuss common honeybee diseases like the varoa mite and foulbrood, the use of medications like antibiotics in bees, hive autopsy, and the recent mandatory involvement of veterinarians in backyard and commercial honeybee farms due to new FDA regulations, the importance of joining your local beekeeper's association as well as providing diverse nectar sources for pollinators by planting wildflowers and native green spaces.

Pollinators are in major danger. Many of them are facing extinction. If you want to help pollinators here are some simple things you can do: Buy organic. Don't use pesticides. Plant wild native flowers. Support your local farmers and local beekeepers by going to the farmers market and buying locally grown food and honey.

We hope you enjoy this episode! Please leave your questions and comments below!
Check out the first episode in this bee series where we discuss the importance of bees with respect to the economy and global food security, the major threats to bees, how to help the bees, and much more.

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00:00 teaser
00:51 intro
01:11 FDA prohibited the sale of antibiotics over the counter to beekeepers
01:33 bee medicine courses for veterinarians and vet students at University of Georgia
02:39 hive autopsy, investigating and reporting colony loss
03:01 data collection and reporting
03:39 join local beekeepers association
04:40 scientific papers and diagnostic laboratories
05:16 consulting a bee veterinarian
08:24 “all beekeeping is local”
09:18 ordering bees
10:56 problems with hobby beekeeping
12:12 varoa mite infestation
12:55 Typhoid Mary hives and robbery
14:07 risks that honey bees pose to native pollinators (disease, competition for food)
15:45 green spaces for bees pollinators
16:41 DIY and OTC antibiotics and multidrug antimicrobial resistance
20:23 take home points

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More Bee Resources from Dr. Mayer

https://beeinformed.org/

Bee Informed Partnership Inc (BIP) is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization using science-based, data-driven approaches to improve the health and long-term sustainability of honey bees (Apis mellifera), other plant pollinators and the ecosystems upon which they depend. We often are contacted about various topics and many answers can be found on our Blog page by entering terms in the Search box. Below we have posted the most frequently asked questions.


https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/a...

The Honey Bee Health Coalition brings together beekeepers, growers, researchers, government agencies, agribusinesses, conservation groups, manufacturers, and consumer brands to improve the health of honey bees.

Help the honey bees:
   • UGA Vet Med is committed to keeping honey ...  
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