Mite of honey bees that lives in the tracheoles and thus blocks oxygen transport (Fig. 1). The female mite reaches a size of 180 × 100 μm. The disease has to be announced to government. Treatment by chlorfenson or dimeform.
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(2016). Acarapis woodi. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_26
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