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A family of MITES in the subclass ACARI. It includes the single genus Varroa.
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I've tried various products currently on the market designed for honeybee mites, but none of them have worked.
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You might try predatory mites that attack other mites, as used in antkeeping
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varroa destructor honey bee ectoparasite
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Varroa destructor rearing in laboratory conditions: importance of foundress survival in doubly infested cells and reproduction of laboratory-born females Vincent PIOU, Angélique VÉTILLARD
Apidologie (2020) 51:968–983
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Varroa mites are a very serious pest of honey bees. Is there any technique to rear this pest in a laboratory, so that we may perform some in vitro studies on it?
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Hi Khalid,
Yes, it possible. We are estabilished the in vitro rearing of varroa using gelatin capsule.
See the following articles for referene:
Comparing four methods of rearing Varroa destructor in vitro
Piou, V., & Vétillard, A. (2020). Varroa destructor rearing in laboratory conditions: importance of foundress survival in doubly infested cells and reproduction of laboratory-born females. Apidologie, 51(6), 968-983.
Egekwu, N. I., Posada, F., Sonenshine, D. E., & Cook, S. (2018). Using an in vitro system for maintaining Varroa destructor mites on Apis mellifera pupae as hosts: studies of mite longevity and feeding behavior. Experimental and applied acarology, 74(3), 301-315.
Piou, V., Tabart, J., Urrutia, V., Hemptinne, J. L., & Vétillard, A. (2016). Impact of the phoretic phase on reproduction and damage caused by Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman) to its host, the European honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). PloS one, 11(4), e0153482.