Jul 17, 2021
Bee louse (Braula coeca)
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Bee louse (Braula coeca)
Photo by Miles Zhang
Hanging on for dear life! Bee lice
If your life depends on clinging on to a bee, you better have a very good means of staying attached! Attachment is a key element in the relationship between a parasite and its host, including ticks, mites and unusual flies like bee lice, discussed here. Like most organisms, honeybees, Apis mellifera L., can be afflicted by a variety of parasites and diseases. Perhaps the most familiar one, to…
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