I know this is a honey bee, but it had two little round things crawling on it. You can see one on its thorax in this image.
Complement observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246512013
Last image shows other (dead) Varroa mites of similar size, found at the same place, for scale
Approximately 1.7 mm in width and 1 mm in length.
on apis mellifera
Found on bottom board of a beehive
In pitfall along with honey bee.
1682
In Gemüll unter Bienenstock
In Gemüll unter Bienenstock
I found a distressed bee with shredded wings on the lid of my trash can and sprayed water in front of her which she drank. I saw she had a brown lump on the leg (3rd photo) We are having a heat wave and she would cook where she was so I put flowers down to entice her to step up so I could put her in a safer place. When she did the mite came off her leg and ran for it (you can see it coming off the leg and onto the trash can 4 th photo) They are so tiny these are the best photos I could get.
Hive with high mite infestation.
Flower border on ditch bank along organic apple block. Looking to see what kind of insect diversity happens there.
Acaro varroa sobre larva de Apis mellifera scutellata. El apiario es manejado por el entomólogo William Ramírez.