| 5486206 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
varroa mites on drone pupa |
| 5429631 |
honey bee mite |
Acarapis woodi |
The queen is in the center, she has a mite on her. |
| 5429630 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
The adult bees have mites attached to them. |
| 5429628 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
Some of the adult bees have mites attached to their backs |
| 1355032 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
Scientists in the ARS Beneficial Insects Research Unit at Weslaco, Texas, have found that a strain of the fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae, is deadly to Varroa mites, such as this one on an adult worker bee's thorax. |
| 1317031 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
European honey bee with a Varroa mite on its back. The mites cause death and disease in bee colonies. |
| 5140029 |
varroa mite |
Varroa jacobsoni |
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| 5025041 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Adult honey bees guarding a small hive beetle adult. |
| 5025042 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Adult small hive beetle on frame of honey. |
| 5025044 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Small hive beetle larvae on a comb of honey; 1 September, 2004 |
| 5025045 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Small hive beetle larvae in honey bee feeder; 1 September, 2004 |
| 5025076 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Left of photo shows area of brood protected from small hive beetles. Right of photo shows area of brood exposed to small hive beetles for 24 hours. |
| 5025077 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Capping of brood cell removed to show small hive beetle eggs oviposited on honey bee prepupae |
| 5025078 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Left photo shows hole in brood capping made by female small hive beetle. Right photo shows numerous beetle eggs on honey bee prepupa when the cell capping is removed. |
| 5047046 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Adult small hive beetle on frame of honey; 27 August, 2004 |
| 5047047 |
small hive beetle |
Aethina tumida |
Trap used within a bee colony to capture small hive beetles adults; 27 August, 2004 |
| 1355029 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
A young worker bee emerges from a brood cell with a mite on its back. |
| 1355030 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
Artificial insemination of a queen. Semen is about to be injected into the oviducts of a queen bee. Thereafter the sperm cells migrate to the sperm storage pouch of the queen. A queen gradually releases sperm from this pouch to fertilize the eggs she lays during her lifetime. |
| 1355031 |
honey bee varroa mite |
Varroa destructor |
Collecting semen from a drone honey bee that will be used to artificially inseminate a queen bee. |
| 1203186 |
robber flies |
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fly eating honey bee |
