Comments on: The Varroa Mite http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2011/07/07/the-varroa-mite/ Peaches' Beekeeping Blog Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bee Time Lapse http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2011/07/07/the-varroa-mite/comment-page-1/#comment-10761 Bee Time Lapse Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:08:15 +0000 http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/?p=834#comment-10761 [...] talking with Doug over the phone he diagnosed the problem without even seeing the hive: mites.  Varroa mites to be exact.  They attach themselves to the bees and crawl into the cells where the queen has laid [...] [...] talking with Doug over the phone he diagnosed the problem without even seeing the hive: mites.  Varroa mites to be exact.  They attach themselves to the bees and crawl into the cells where the queen has laid [...]

]]> By: ekpeach http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2011/07/07/the-varroa-mite/comment-page-1/#comment-10654 ekpeach Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:15:19 +0000 http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/?p=834#comment-10654 Lori, It was <em>not</em> a varroa mite. They only get on honey bees. If you could see it clearly, then it was something else. The mite is just a hair larger than a flee, and is red to rusty brown in color. They are hard to see with the necked eye, especially for someone who has never seen one before. Hope this helps some. Lori,

It was not a varroa mite. They only get on honey bees. If you could see it clearly, then it was something else. The mite is just a hair larger than a flee, and is red to rusty brown in color. They are hard to see with the necked eye, especially for someone who has never seen one before. Hope this helps some.

]]> By: Lori http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/2011/07/07/the-varroa-mite/comment-page-1/#comment-10653 Lori Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:28:22 +0000 http://www.beekeepersfriend.com/?p=834#comment-10653 I was outside in my yard all afternoon and I had a thing that landed in my wrist. I tried to flick it away and it didn't budge so I killed it with my garden glove. Unfortunately when I came in the house (about 20 minutes later) to prepare supper I got violently ill and threw up until there was nothing left to throw up. So I am wondering if it could possibly be a varroa mite that made me so sick so suddenly? I am deathly allergic to bees and hornets and have an epipen and I must go directly to hospital when a bee or hornet land on me. I'm quite interested in the answer. Thanks. I was outside in my yard all afternoon and I had a thing that landed in my wrist. I tried to flick it away and it didn’t budge so I killed it with my garden glove. Unfortunately when I came in the house (about 20 minutes later) to prepare supper I got violently ill and threw up until there was nothing left to throw up.
So I am wondering if it could possibly be a varroa mite that made me so sick so suddenly? I am deathly allergic to bees and hornets and have an epipen and I must go directly to hospital when a bee or hornet land on me.

I’m quite interested in the answer.
Thanks.

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