It is alive and well in Maine, but most of the same treatments for Varroa
keep Tracheal down.

Also, because both can be present, Varroa is often identified as the cause
of the collapse.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:54 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> When I joined this group, which must be getting on for a decade ago,
> almost every alternate post was about the ravages of the tracheal mite,
> Acarapis Woodii.  Nowadays that mite is very rarely mentioned. Why?  Has it
> been seen off by the chemicals used against Varroa in the same way as (over
> here in the UK at least) Braula coeca, which is probably now extinct
> locally?
>
> Chris
>
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