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ArticleScientific reports2024

Managing the parasitic honey bee mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae through combined cultural and chemical control methods.

Rogan Tokach, Bajaree Chuttong, Dan Aurell, Lakkhika Panyaraksa, Geoffrey R Williams

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rogan TokachDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA. rtt0016@auburn.edu.
Bajaree ChuttongMeliponini and Apini Research Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Dan AurellDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
Lakkhika PanyaraksaMeliponini and Apini Research Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Geoffrey R WilliamsDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.

Funding

Agricultural Research Service 58-6066-9-042Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service USDA-AP23PPQS&T00C067Project Apis m. RA 382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is severely impacted by the parasitic Tropilaelaps mercedesae mite, which has the capacity to outcompete Varroa destructor mites (the current leading cause of colony losses) and more rapidly overwhelm colonies. While T. mercedesae is native to Asia, it has recently expanded its geographic range and has the potential to devastate beekeeping worldwide if introduced to new regions. Our research exploited the dependence of T. mercedesae on developing honey bees (brood) by combining a cultural technique (brood break) with U.S. registered chemical products (oxalic acid or formic acid) to manage T. mercedesae infestation. To evaluate this approach, we compared four treatment groups: (1) Brood Break; (2) Brood Break + Formic Acid (FormicPro

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MitesAnimalsBeekeepingBeesFormatesVarroidaeFormatesformic acid

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PMID39463393
PMCPMC11514187

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