I guess it mite have been anything ]=) How about it wasn't after bee meat but in fact a Vegemite?
2009/9/14 Toine <to...@repiuk.nl>: > Josten, > Thanks for the links. A pollen mite could be it. The bee was moving > slow and didn't want to fly (maybe dying) so I could observe the > crowd. The mites sometimes moved around on his body and sometimes > crowded his back, which is strange for a parasite. > My vote goes to pollen mites. > Toine > > > 2009/9/13 AlunFoto <alunf...@gmail.com>: >> Very interesting pic, Toine. >> After 20 minutes of goofing around with google, I also vote against >> Varroa, based on general body shape. The mites (i'm pretty sure >> they're mites anyway) are longer than they are broad. The Varroa >> isn't, except for some very early development stages. >> >> Could it be that "your" mites are just associated with the bees rather >> than direct parasites? >> >> The closest match I could find was a "pollen mite", hitching a ride >> with a Mason Bee. >> http://blueberrytalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/mason-bees-and-pollen-mites/ >> >> There's some more information on this mite here: >> http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/beemites/Species_Accounts/Melittiphis.htm >> >> On the same site there's also information about another scavenging >> mite that might inhabit honey bee colonies: >> http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/beemites/species_accounts/Pneumolaelaps.htm >> But I can't find any image of these relating the size to a bee, or >> even a bumblebee. :-( >> >> >> Jostein >> >> >> >> >> 2009/9/13 Toine <to...@repiuk.nl>: >>> A bee unter attack from ugly parasites. Is this Varroa destructor >>> which kills our honey bee's. Maybe the wisdom of the list can give the >>> answer. >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/qqeu2l >>> >>> Toine >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
