Roztocze jako pasożyty pszczoły miodnej (Apis mellifera L.) oraz współmieszkańcy ula

Basing on selected literature positions the biology and the methods of control of mites - parasites of honey bee: Acarapis woodi, Varroa jacobsoni and Tropilaelaps clareae, have been concisely presented. T. clareae is known to occur on A. mellifera only in Asia and causes there important losses in apiaries. Also biology of a few mite species which are not parasites but live in bee hives or are pests of apiaries has been briefly presented. The following species belong to this group: Glycyphagus domesticus, Acarus siro, Tyrophagus putrescentiae, Tyropagus longior, Carpoglyphus lactis. Of other mites presented in the paper, representatives of the genera Macrocheles and Neocypholaelaps should be mentioned as well as species associated generally with bumble bees and only accidentally found in bee families or directly on bees.