Study on the Toxicity of Acaricides Used Against Parasitic Bee Mites to the European Honey Bee

Authors

  • Weerawan Amornsak Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Kampaegsaen Campus, Nakhon-Pathom 73140, Thailand.
  • Pongthep Akratanakul Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Kampaegsaen Campus, Nakhon-Pathom 73140, Thailand.
  • Pichai Kongpitak Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Kampaegsaen Campus, Nakhon-Pathom 73140, Thailand.

Keywords:

Apis mellifera L., bee mites, acaricides

Abstract

The toxicity of acaricides such as amitraz, bromopropylate, dicofol and phosalone on the European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) were determined by the topical and feeding application. The result indicated that most of acaricides gave highest toxicity to the honey bee. Dicofol (Kelthane), and bromopropylate were found to be moderately toxic to the honey bee whereas coumaphos (Azuntol®), phosalone (Zolone®), coumaphos (Perizin®), dicofol (Rotramite®) and amitraz (Mitac®) were highest toxic. The result also showed the acaricides with different formulations showed different toxicity to the honey bee.

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Published

1995-06-30

How to Cite

Weerawan Amornsak, Pongthep Akratanakul, and Pichai Kongpitak. 1995. “Study on the Toxicity of Acaricides Used Against Parasitic Bee Mites to the European Honey Bee”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 29 (2). Bangkok, Thailand:176-81. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/241313.

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 2 (1995): April-June

Section

Research Article

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