Royce L A, Rossignol P A, Burgett D M, Stringer B A
Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-2907.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1991 Feb 28;331(1260):123-9. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1991.0003.
Based on population dynamics, tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi) parasitism of colonies of honey bees (Apis mellifera) appears to be, potentially at least, regulatory and stable. Empirical and theoretical considerations suggest, however, that intracolony population dynamics of mite-honey bee worker seem to be unstable in managed situations where honey bee worker population is allowed to grow unchecked. Experimental studies showed that tracheal mite population levels increased in a managed honey bee colony but were impaired in one in which brood rearing was interrupted by loss of the queen. Mite densities but not prevalence were lowered in experimental swarms kept from rearing brood. We propose that swarming reduces mite density within a colony, therefore implicating modern techniques of hive management in the sudden historical appearance of the mite on the Isle of Wight.
基于种群动态，蜜蜂（西方蜜蜂）蜂群中的气管螨（武氏蜂盾螨）寄生现象似乎至少在潜在层面上具有调节性和稳定性。然而，实证和理论考量表明，在蜜蜂工蜂数量不受控制增长的管理情况下，螨与蜜蜂工蜂之间的蜂群内种群动态似乎并不稳定。实验研究表明，在管理的蜂群中气管螨种群数量增加，但在蜂王缺失导致育雏中断的蜂群中，螨的数量受到抑制。在阻止育雏的实验分蜂群中，螨的密度降低，但感染率未降低。我们提出，分蜂会降低蜂群内的螨密度，因此将螨在怀特岛的突然历史性出现归因于现代蜂箱管理技术。
