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El óxido del etileno*(ETO), un sterilant gaseosa, se ha utilizado con éxito para matar a las esporas de Paenibacillus larvae larvae. Algunos estados y otros países han utilizado este tratamiento; no es algo para que el apicultor individual intente. Es un agente carcinógeno sabido y no es pues eficaz cuando se fumiga la miel.
La utilidad de este material aparece ser limitada. Los hospitales y otros que la usan para esterilizar los materiales están cambiando a otros productos químicos. El mercado poresta material en el futuro es dudable. Así es que no puede ser disponible en cualesquier momento.
La información sobre esta sustancia está disponible del OSHA* (administración ocupacional de seguridad y del peligro) y del EPA* (la agencia de protección del medio ambiente).
De la bibliografía agrícola de la abeja melífera del servicio de la investigación de los E.E.U.U.(ARS) *
AUTHOR: Giauffret, A.; Tostain-Caucat, M. J.; Taliercio, Y.
ARTICLE TITLE: Possibilites De Desinfection Par L'Oxyde D'Ethylene En Pathologie Apicole. (Possibilities Of Disinfection By Ethylene Oxide In Bee Pathology.)
JOURNAL TITLE: Bulletin Apicole 12(1):45-50, Tables, Refs. English Summary. 424.8 B872
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1969
NOTES: '...Work Has Been Done With Samples Of Brood Attacked By Foulbrood Or On Germs Of Culture Exposed To Ethylene Oxide In Different Conditions. The Agents Of Fungal Disease (Ascosphaera Apis And Aspergillus Flavus). The Spores Of Nosema apis And The Virus Of The Black Disease, Paralysis, Have Also Been Studied As Well As The Different Stages Of Development Of The Sensitiveness To Ethylene Oxide Of The Different Pathogenic Agents That Have Been Studied. And Yet, In The Case Of Brood Attacked By European Or American Foulbrood, The Use Of Ethylene Oxide Has Not Permitted The Sterilisation Of All The Samples. In Some Experiments, 50% Of The Samples Have Given Positive Cultures After The Treatment. The Ethylene Oxide Offers A Good Surface Disinfection And It Has Been Possible To Show A Decline Of The Infections Rate Of The Treated Samples. This Action May Be Sufficient For An Explanation Of The Favourable Results Obtained In Experiments Realised In Apiaries. And Yet It Is Important To Emphasize That A Real Sterilisation Is Not Regularly Obtained In The Presence Of A Honey Capping Or In The Case Of Brood Attacked By Foulbrood Even With A Protracted Application At A Relatively High Temperature.'
KEYWORDS: Disinfections Eto Diseases Wax Moth Control Nosema AFB EFB