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Aaron Morris wrote:
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> It's been a week or two since I posted about Braula (I typed Bracula) and
> I've been meaning to post an update, but haven't found the time. Well,
> now's the time!
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> >From the 1992 edition of _The_Hive_and_the_Honey_Bee_, pages 1133-1134:
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> "One fly, the bee louse Braula coeca, is an worldwide ectoparasite of
> honey bees (Smith and Caron, 1984a). The flies ride about on honey bees
> and take their food at the bee mouthparts. The maggots tunnel beneath
> wax cappings to eat pollen and debris and may disfigure honey to be sold
> in the combs. Although numbers of B. coeca may congregate on the queen
> (Fig. 23) in the fall, the greatest problem with this curious and
> generally harmless pest is it's being mistaken for a mite when spotted
> on bees (1984b)."
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> Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!
Aaron
Do you know if this is the same mite which infests the Bumble Bee? I have often seen bumble bees in
the spring with literally hundreds clinging to them.
Harry
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