The ectoparasitic mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae reduces western honey bee, Apis mellifera, longevity and emergence weight, and promotes Deformed wing virus infections

Historically an ectoparasite of the native Giant honey bee Apis dorsata, the mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae has switched hosts to the introduced western honey bee Apis mellifera throughout much of Asia. Few data regarding lethal and sub-lethal effects of T. mercedesae on A. mellifera exist, despite its similarity to the devastating mite Varroa destructor. Here we artificially infested worker brood of A. mellifera with T. mercedesae to investigate lethal (longevity) and sub-lethal (emergence weight, Deformed wing virus (DWV) levels and clinical symptoms of DWV) effects of the mite on its new host. The data show that T. mercedesae infestation significantly reduced host longevity and emergence weight, and promoted both DWV levels and associated clinical symptoms. Our results suggest that T. mercedesae is a potentially important parasite to the economically important A. mellifera honey bee.

The insect book : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies /

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Oxford, St. Bees, and the front, 1911-1916 /

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The Book of home pets : showing how to rear and manage, in sickness and in health, birds, poultry, pigeons, rabbits, guinea-pigs, dogs, cats, squirrels, fancy mice, tortoises, bees, silkworms, ponies, donkeys, goat, inhabitants of the aquarium, etc. etc. : with a chapter on ferns /

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The bee-keeper's manual : or, Practical hints on the management and complete preservation of the honey-bee : with a description of the most approved hives, and modes of constructing them, and other appurtenances of the apiary /

Disbound Original Held in Oak Street Library Facility.

British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of the extractor /

Includes index.

Ants, bees, and wasps : a record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera /

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xvii]-xix) and index.

Saxton's rural hand books. containing The Horse, The Hog, The Honey bee, The Pests of the farm, Domestic fows, The Cow.

Horses; their varieties, breeding, and management in health and disease -- The hog; his originand varieties : management with a view to profit, and treatment under disease -- The hive and the honey-bee; with plain directions for obtaining a considerable annual income from this branch of rural economy -- Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry; their natural history, origin, and treatment in health and disease -- The cow: dairy husbandry and cattle breeding / by M. M. Milburn.

Honey.

Chiefly tables.

Old favorite honey recipes ...

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A living from bees,

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School lunch recipes using honey.

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The Buckeye hive : why it is much the best hive for many beekeepers to use, and how to manipulate the bees in it.

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