Host preference of the honey bee tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi (Rennie))

1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara L. Dawicke ◽  
Gard W. Otis ◽  
Cynthia Scott-Dupree ◽  
Medhat Nasr
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Host Preference ◽  
Acarapis Woodi ◽  
Tracheal Mite

Reduction of tracheal mite parasitism of honey bees by swarming

1991 ◽  
Vol 331 (1260) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Acarapis Woodi ◽  
Brood Rearing ◽  
Bee Colony ◽  
Tracheal Mite ◽  
Mite Density ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

Based on population dynamics, tracheal mite ( Acarapis woodi ) parasitism of colonies of honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) appears to be, potentially at least, regulatory and stable. Empirical and theoretical considerations suggest, however, that intracolony population dynamics of mite-honey bee worker seem to be unstable in managed situations where honey bee worker population is allowed to grow unchecked. Experimental studies showed that tracheal mite population levels increased in a managed honey bee colony but were impaired in one in which brood rearing was interrupted by loss of the queen. Mite densities but not prevalence were lowered in experimental swarms kept from rearing brood. We propose that swarming reduces mite density within a colony, therefore implicating modern techniques of hive management in the sudden historical appearance of the mite on the Isle of Wight.

scholarly journals Honey Bee Tracheal Mite, Acarapis woodi (Rennie) (Arachnida: Acarina: Tarsonemidae)

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2004 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold A. Denmark ◽  
Harvey L. Cromroy ◽  
Malcolm T. Stanford
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Acarapis Woodi ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Disease Symptoms ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
Adverse Conditions ◽  
Tracheal Mite ◽  
Mite Infestations

In October 1984, the honey bee tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi (Rennie), was found in Florida. Although it was first described by Rennie in 1921, the mite was not found in the United States until 1984. Rennie described the mite from bees on the Isle of Wight and associated it with the "Isle of Wight" disease. Symptoms of this infestation were described as "bees crawling about unable to fly, and with wings disjointed; dwindling and mortality of colonies have been said to occur rapidly with colonies dying within a month." It was later shown that the tracheal mite was not the cause of the "Isle of Wight" disease (Bailey 1964), and later reports (Bailey 1968, Morse 1978) indicate that A. woodi is not as serious a pest of honey bees as previously thought. In combination with other adverse conditions, however, heavy mite infestations may cause a reduction in bee activity. This document is EENY-172 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 267), one of the Featured Creatures series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: November 2000. EENY-172/IN329: Honey Bee Tracheal Mite, Acarapis woodi (Rennie) (Arachnida: Acari: Tarsonemidae) (ufl.edu)

Effects of neonicotinoids on honey bee autogrooming behavior against the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi

Ecotoxicology ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiko Sakamoto ◽  
Mikio Yoshiyama ◽  
Taro Maeda ◽  
Koichi Goka
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Acarapis Woodi ◽  
Tracheal Mite

PCR-based detection of a tracheal mite of the honey bee Acarapis woodi

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriko Kojima ◽  
Mikio Yoshiyama ◽  
Kiyoshi Kimura ◽  
Tatsuhiko Kadowaki
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Acarapis Woodi ◽  
Tracheal Mite

scholarly journals Differential autogrooming response to the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi by the honey bees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Sakamoto ◽  
T. Maeda ◽  
M. Yoshiyama ◽  
F. Konno ◽  
J. S. Pettis
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
Apis Cerana ◽  
Response Threshold ◽  
Acarapis Woodi ◽  
Tracheal Mite ◽  
Apis Cerana Japonica ◽  
The Difference

AbstractThe infestation of honey bees by the endoparasitic tracheal mite Acarapis woodi was first discovered in Apis mellifera on the Isle of Wight, England, and the mite has since spread to all continents except Australia. Since 2010, this tracheal mite has spread rapidly in the Japanese honey bee, Apis cerana japonica, of mainland Japan, causing considerable colony mortality. In contrast, infestations by the mites in the imported and managed European honey bee, A. mellifera, have rarely been observed in Japan. A previous laboratory experiment revealed a difference in susceptibility by demonstrating that the tracheal mite more frequently enters tracheae of A. cerana than those of A. mellifera. In this study, we compared autogrooming responses of A. cerana and A. mellifera by depositing a mite on each honey bee’s mesoscutum, and we then assessed the efficacy of autogrooming to remove the mite. The bees that received mites more frequently showed an autogrooming response compared to unchallenged bees in both bee species. However, a significantly greater proportion of A. mellifera individuals autogroomed compared to A. cerana. In addition, when bees autogroomed, A. mellifera removed the tracheal mite more effectively than A. cerana. When considering all bees in the mite-deposited group, the proportion of mite removal in A. mellifera was almost twice as high as that in A. cerana. Thus, the difference in susceptibility to the tracheal mite between these two bee species is attributed to the difference in the behavioral response threshold to mites and the effectiveness of mite removal by grooming.

A diagnostic genetic test for the honey bee tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi

2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay D Evans ◽  
Jeffery S Pettis ◽  
I Barton Smith
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Genetic Test ◽  
Acarapis Woodi ◽  
Tracheal Mite
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