gsi2000stokie 5 Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 found this bee going nutts in the garden so had a close look and saw these little suckers nailing it they were running over it like mad. excuse to play about with the camera. at least i think theyre ticks???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gsi2000stokie 5 Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 you can just see them on its neck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
High Accent 1 Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 It looks like some type of mites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxy 617 Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 They are Varroa mites. A very common apiary pest and a very high percentage of bees have them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollands hope 1,024 Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 (edited) found this bee going nutts in the garden so had a close look and saw these little suckers nailing it they were running over it like mad.excuse to play about with the camera. at least i think theyre ticks???? its hard to tell from this picture but i presume its a bumble bee if this is the case than its not a varroamite as they only can life on honybee,s and they depend on the broodcycle,s of honybee,s so in this case its problebly a bumblebee related( mite,tick ) although you were not far wrong moxy Edited July 19, 2008 by hollands hope Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gsi2000stokie 5 Posted July 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 found this bee going nutts in the garden so had a close look and saw these little suckers nailing it they were running over it like mad.excuse to play about with the camera. at least i think theyre ticks???? its hard to tell from this picture but i presume its a bumble bee if this is the case than its not a varroamite as they only can life on honybee,s and they depend on the broodcycle,s of honybee,s so in this case its problebly a bumblebee related( mite,tick ) although you were not far wrong moxy yes its a bumble bee. there were 6 on it altogether. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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