Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya.
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya.
Open Vet J. 2023 Jul;13(7):834-838. doi: 10.5455/OVJ.2023.v13.i7.4. Epub 2023 Jul 31.
Primary key pest affecting the apiculture business in many areas of the globe is the ecto parasite mite (), recently, bee lice have become a considerable bee pest.
In this study, the ecto parasites that infest honey bees, were investigated during the spring of 2013.
A total of 66 apiaries were investigated from different geographical regions in Libya: 34 apiaries from the southern region, 21 apiaries from the north-eastern region, and 11 apiaries from the north-western region. Three bee colonies were randomly chosen from each apiary (316 colonies). From each colony, 300 worker bees were taken as samples, put in container filled with 100 ml of alcohol, and transported to the Honey bee Laboratory-Plant Protection Department at the University of Tripoli's. The parasites were separated from the bees and identified, and the infestation rates were calculated.
The study of the parasite distribution clearly showed that mites were present in all regions. However, the degree of mite density varies not only between apiaries but also between colonies in the same apiary, while the bee louse, , was detected in 23.1% and 5.8% of apiaries in the western region and southern region of Libya, respectively. On the other hand, all the inspected apiaries in the northern region were not infested.
Lack of knowledge about honey bee parasites, poor management practices, and the lack of proper distance between hives of migrated apiaries have been attributed as the possible reason for the spread of these two parasites, especially the mites in the country.
在全球许多地区，对养蜂业影响最大的主要害虫是体外寄生虫螨（），最近，蜜蜂虱子已成为相当大的蜜蜂害虫。
本研究于 2013 年春季调查了侵袭蜜蜂的体外寄生虫。
从利比亚不同地理区域调查了 66 个蜂场：南部地区 34 个蜂场、东北地区 21 个蜂场和西北部地区 11 个蜂场。从每个蜂场随机选择 3 个蜂群（316 个蜂群）。从每个蜂群中抽取 300 只工蜂作为样本，放入装满 100 毫升酒精的容器中，并运至的黎波里大学植物保护系的蜜蜂实验室。将寄生虫从蜜蜂身上分离出来并进行鉴定，并计算出感染率。
寄生虫分布的研究清楚地表明，所有地区都存在螨虫。然而，螨虫密度不仅在蜂场之间有所不同，而且在同一蜂场的蜂群之间也有所不同，而蜂虱，，在利比亚西部和南部地区的 23.1%和 5.8%的蜂场中被检测到。另一方面，北部地区所有检查过的蜂场都没有受到感染。
缺乏对蜜蜂寄生虫的了解、管理不善以及移栖蜂场之间缺乏适当的距离，这些都可能是这两种寄生虫（特别是该国的螨虫）传播的原因。
