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TRACHEAL MITE
During spring and
summer, when foraging is on, infestation usually declines.
What happens is that young mated female mite, when grown enough goes
out of trachea and is looking for another host.
When she finds one it moves into her trachea and lays eggs and so
on.
If she doesn't find a new host within one day she dies.
It is much harder to detect them because you can't recognize them with
a naked eye, you need a microscope.
Without it you can suspect for tracheal mite if there is a large number
of dead bees in the winter and there is enough food.
Then you can try to chop bee's head off and look at where trachea is,
and you should see white trachea.
In case you see it is dark or brownish you can be pretty much sure it
is tracheal mite.
But it doesn't work all the time cause not all species can bee seen
there, only mite called acarapis woodi. 50 grams of
menthol should be placed on the frames, inside of the hive. It works so
that it evaporates in the air and bees inhale it.
They should be kept there for about a month. When outside temperatures
are lower than 60 F menthol should be placed
on the frames.
If outside temperature become too hot, over 80 F, menthol should be on
the bottom of the hive. Results as good as 90 - 95 % can be
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