Tropilaelaps mites on honeycomb
While in Chiang Mai, Thailand, entomologist Lilia de Guzman, Ph.D., witnessed Tropilaelaps mercedesae mites in a European honey bee colony. “That’s real time by the way! Highly mobile creatures, unlike varroa mites,” de Guzman says. (Video credit: Lilia de Guzman, USDA-ARS)