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Infestation by Pyemotes tritici (Acari, Pyemotidae) causes death of stingless bee colonies (Hymenoptera: Meliponina)
Fecha
2009Registro en:
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH, v.8, n.2, p.630-634, 2009
1676-5680
Autor
MENEZES, C.
COLETTO-SILVA, A.
GAZETA, G. S.
KERR, W. E.
Institución
Resumen
We report the infestation of stingless bee nests by the mite Pyemotes tritici, which killed four colonies of Tetragonisca angustula and one colony of Frieseomelitta varia in Brazil. The first infected colony, a colony of T. angustula, came from an area between Uberlandia and Araguari, Minas Gerais. The transfer of the mites to the other colonies occurred through the transfer of infected combs and subsequent manipulations. Other colonies in the same meliponary, which had not been manipulated, were not infected. The infestation was terminated by isolating the dead colonies from the meliponary.