Varroa and Tropilaelaps

Interesting article and worth a read. There’s mention of a mite I hadn’t heard mention of previously (or at least don’t recall as I’m making this post).

Asian beekeepers who deal with both mites worry more about Tropilaelaps than Varroa , and recent research found that amitraz, the current go-to miticide in the U.S., doesn’t work on Tropilaelaps .

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We all hope that Tropilaelaps never makes it here…

Additional info on the tropilaelaps mite:

https://beeaware.org.au/archive-pest/tropilaelaps-2/#ad-image-0

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