Acarapis mites, including Acarapis woodi, Acarapis externus, and Acarapis dorsalis, are parasites of bees which can cause severe damage to the bee industry by destroying colonies and decreasing honey production. All 3 species are prevalent throughout many countries including UK, USA, Iran, Turkey, China, and Japan. Based on previous reports of Acarapis mites occurring in northeast Asia, includi...

The hive of the honey bee is a suitable habitat for diverse mites (Acari), including nonparasitic, omnivorous, and pollen-feeding species, and parasites. The biology and damage of the three main pest species Acarapis woodi, Varroa jacobsoni, and Tropilaelaps clareae is reviewed, along with detection and control methods. The hypothesis that Acarapis woodi is a recently evolved species is rejecte...

Las abejas son susceptibles a enfermedades, las cuales causan importantes pérdidas económicas en la actividad apícola. El objetivo fue evaluar prevalencia de Varroa sp, Nosema sp y Acarapis apiarios ubicados dos regiones Campeche, México. Se evaluaron 116 muestras 10 apiarios. La menor Hopelchén comparada Sihochac (98.5 % 100 %), comparación (85.9 88.0 %). nivel infestación mayor (7.32 3.73 áca...

J. Econ. Entomol. 86(3): 712-714 (1993) ABSTRACT We tested a population dynamics model that predicts that swarming of honey bees, Apis mellifera L., is a regulatory process of tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi (Rennie), parasitism. If the model is correct, then feral colonies that are free to swarm should have fewer numbers of infested worker bees, infested workers should have fewer numbers of mit...