Open AccessPollen Mite, Melittiphis alvearius (Berlese) (Acarina: Laelapidae) Newly Recorded from Beehives in Australia
Author(s) -
KNIHINICKI DANUTA K.,
HALLIDAY R. B.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01349.x
Subject(s) - apiary , biology , mite , varroa , varroa destructor , honey bee , pollen , beekeeping , varroa sensitive hygiene , zoology , ecology , veterinary medicine , medicine
pollen mite, Melilriphisulvearius, also known as the bee mite, is reported from Australia for the first time. It was previously bnown from continental Europe, Russia, Great Britain, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America and Chile. A survey of mites in honey bee (Apis me//!fera L.) colonies in three apiaries in New South Wales showed that M. alvearius was locally abundant. This mite species is not parasitic 011 honey bee,. No parasitic bee mites, Varroa spp., were found in any of the beehives examined.