{"id":4025,"date":"2026-09-25T08:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=4025"},"modified":"2026-09-25T08:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:59:59","slug":"carbon-dioxide-for-varroa-infestation-monitoring-appears-inaccurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/carbon-dioxide-for-varroa-infestation-monitoring-appears-inaccurate\/","title":{"rendered":"La aplicaci\u00f3n para monitorear la infestaci\u00f3n por varroa utiliza di\u00f3xido de carbono y parece inexacta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entre los m\u00e9todos para monitorizar la infestaci\u00f3n de varroa en los colmenas, tambi\u00e9n se ha sugerido el uso del di\u00f3xido de carbono. Este m\u00e9todo no letal consiste en anestesiar a las abejas mel\u00edferas con CO2 en un frasco y contar los \u00e1caros expulsados de los insectos. Pero seg\u00fan un estudio reciente realizado en Estados Unidos, la eficacia de este m\u00e9todo es baja, lo que resulta en estimaciones inexactas del nivel de infestaci\u00f3n. Los investigadores concluyeron que los m\u00e9todos m\u00e1s precisos siguen siendo el lavado de las abejas con agua jabonosa o alcohol. En cambio, seg\u00fan otro estudio, el mejor m\u00e9todo para m\u00e9todos no letales es agitar la miel con az\u00facar en polvo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acceda al art\u00edculo cient\u00edfico sobre el m\u00e9todo del di\u00f3xido de carbono <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00218839.2026.2711491?src=recsys#abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong>, y en az\u00facar en polvo <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/00218839.2017.1278912\">aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the methods for monitoring varroa infestation into beehive, the use of carbon dioxide has also been suggested. This non-lethal method consists in anaesthetising honey bees by CO2 in a jar and counting the mites dislodged from the insects. 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