http://www.insad.pl/files/journal_pdf/wydaw2002/full2002-16.pdf

LIFE PARAMETERS OF Glycyphagus domesticus (De Geer)
(ACARINA: GLYCYPHAGIDAE) INFESTING STORED APPLES –
RESULTS OF LABORATORY CULTURE ON BEE-BREAD

INTRODUCTION. Majority of glycyphagids (Glycyphagidae) are cosmopolitan,
commonly known as synanthropic mite species. Of them,
house mites, Glycyphagus domesticus (De Geer) belong to the
commonest pests of various food (e.g. grain products, seeds, dried
fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, medicinal herbs, spices). They occur in
dwelling- and store-houses, apiaries, barns and other farm buildings.
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CONCLUSIONS
1. G. domesticus is a mite species well adapted to bee-bread as
a natural nourishment securing its normal development and population
increase.
2. This kind of food can be recommended as an attractive and
effective medium for laboratory rearing of mites and for the
production of biological material for experimental and educational
purposes (demonstrations for beekeepers, fruit-farmers, school
children, university students etc.).
3. Author’s own observations of the feeding behaviour of house mites
colonizing mouldy beehive products (bee-bread, pollen, hive
debris) and decaying stored apples, together with the relevant data
from literature concerning relationships between mites, fungi and
bacteria, give well-founded reasons for suspicions that these pests
are carriers of pathogenic and saprophagous microorganisms, harmful
for stored fruits and other food-stuffs.
4. Results of the experiments and observations suggest the need for
undertaking the study on the importance of stored-product mites in
spreading microorganisms (fungi, bacteria) in storehouses and the
relation between acaroid species and pathogens causing damage to
stored fruits
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