Tracheal mite

Acarapis woodi is an internal parasite affecting honey bees. Acarapis woodi mites live and reproduce in the tracheae of the bees. The mites are generally less than 175 micrometres (0.

007 in) long and can only be seen under a microscope.
The symptoms of infestation were originally observed on the Isle of Wight in 1904 but were not described until 1921.
The disease was originally called the Isle of Wight Disease; it is now called acarine disease or acarapisosis after the subclass to which the mites belong.

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