caa a22 4500 397547137 CHVBK 20180308164741.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19960501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/aesa/89.3.368 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/aesa/89.3.368 Life History of the Honey Bee Tracheal Mite (Acari: Tarsonemidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Jeffery S. Pettis, William T. Wilson] Data on the seasonal reproductive patterns of the honey bee tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi (Rennie), were obtained by dissecting host honey bees, Apis mellifera L., at intervals during their life span. Mite reproduction normally was limited to 1 complete generation per host bee, regardless of host life span. However, limited egg laying by foundress progeny was observed. Longer lived bees in the fall and winter harbored mites that reproduced for a longer period than did mites in bees during spring and summer. Oviposition rate was relatively uniform at ≈0.85 eggs per female per day during the initial 16 d of adult bee life regardless of season. In all seasons, peak mite populations occurred in bees ≈24 d old, with egg laying declining rapidly beyond day 24 in spring and summer bees but more slowly in fall and winter bees. Stadial lengths of eggs and male and female larvae were 5, 4, and 5 d, respectively. Sex ratio ranged from 1.15:1 to 2.01:1, female bias, but because males are not known to migrate they would have been overestimated in the sampling scheme. Fecundity was estimated to be ≈21 offspring, assuming daughter mites laid limited eggs in tracheae before dispersal. Mortality of adult mites increased with host age; an estimate of 35 d for female mite longevity was indirectly obtained. Daughter mites began dispersing when infested bees were ≈13 d old, and mite dispersal peaked when infested bees were 15—25 d old. The mating behavior of tracheal mites is described. © 1996 Entomological Society of America Arthropod Biology nationallicence Acarapis woodi nationallicence Apis mellifera nationallicence parasite nationallicence Pettis Jeffery S. Honey Bee Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 2413 East Highway 83, Weslaco, TX 78596. aut Wilson William T. Honey Bee Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 2413 East Highway 83, Weslaco, TX 78596. aut Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/3(1996-05-01), 368-374 0013-8746 89:3<368 1996 89 aesa https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.3.368 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.3.368 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pettis Jeffery S. Honey Bee Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 2413 East Highway 83, Weslaco, TX 78596 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wilson William T. Honey Bee Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 2413 East Highway 83, Weslaco, TX 78596 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/3(1996-05-01), 368-374 0013-8746 89:3<368 1996 89 aesa Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford