Dissecting Honey Bees for Tracheal Mites (in English)

the Oregon State University honey lab

presents dissecting for trach

mites to determine if a bee is infested

with trach mites one must dissect the

bee to view tracheal

tubes place the bee on its back with

forceps remove the head and first pair

of legs

pull on the collar of the thorax and

remove the collar may be brittle and

break apart so the technique may take

practice trachea should be attached to

the collar piece or they may still be

attached to the B

body this is an adult trul Mite and an

egg that have been removed with forceps

from the the trachea they are small

white and football-shaped

this is a tracho tube with no trach

mites this is a mild infestation of

trach

mites this is a moderate

infestation this is a heavy infestation

of tracheo

mites severe infections may cause dark

scarring of the

trachea however scarring can occur with

different levels of

infestation