Parasitic, or cuckoo bees are those that do not forage for food or make nests for themselves, instead they invade the nests and food supplies of other species of bees, particularly Solitary bees, to provide for their parasitic young. There are two types of Parasitic bee: Cleptoparasitic Bees and Social Parasites

There are no cuckoo bees in the families Andrenidae, Melittidae, or Stenotritidae, and possibly the Colletidae (there are only unconfirmed suspicions that one group of Hawaiian Hylaeus species may be parasitic). Cuckoo bees typically enter the nests of pollen-collecting species, and lay their eggs in cells provisioned by the host bee. When the ...

2021年11月11日 · Information about common honey bee maladies, including varroa mite, tracheal mite, bee louse, skunks, bears, foulbrood, and nosema. The key to protecting honey bee colonies from harmful diseases, parasites, and other pests is the ability to identify problems early. This brochure is a quick reference to common honey bee maladies.

2016年8月22日 · Estimates based on surveys of North American bees indicate that as many as 15 percent of all bee species may be parasitic. A recent study focusing on wild bee species in Paris, France, found that 5 percent were parasitic bees [1].

Varroa destructor, the Varroa mite, is an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees and is one of the most damaging honey bee pests in the world. [2][3] A significant mite infestation leads to the death of a honey bee colony, usually in …

Cuckoo bees are parasitic bees that don't collect pollen or nectar. Instead, they lay their eggs in the nests of other bee species. Cuckoo bees are a captivating group known for their parasitic behavior, similar to how cuckoo birds lay their eggs in other birds’ nests.

2024年5月15日 · Tropilaelaps mercedesae, an ectoparasitic mite of honeybees, is currently a severe health risk to Apis mellifera colonies in Asia and a potential threat to the global apiculture industry....

2019年4月4日 · In this article, I focus on the strategies exhibited by obligately brood parasitic bees to avoid detection by their hosts, and present some of the remarkable evolutionary convergences related to detection avoidance in brood parasitic lineages ranging from bees to vertebrates.

2023年5月4日 · Varroa mites are regarded as the number one parasite affecting honey bees all over the globe. They mainly thrive through feeding on the blood of the adult honey bee. They also propagate its offspring on the honey bee pupae.

The tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi) is an internal parasite of honey bees. They infest and breed in the tracheal tubes (breathing passages) within the bees’ bodies. These mites feed directly through the tracheal walls on a host’s hemolymph (blood), causing damage, potentially vectoring diseases, and impairing the host’s breathing.