Hornets of the genus Vespa are recognized as efficient and devastating predators of honey bees, especially in tropical and subtropical biomes. Of the four species of honey bees in the genus Apis only A. dorsata Fabr., the giant honey bee, appears free from attack by hornets (Seeley et al. 1982)....
The bee mites Varroa jacobsoni Oudemaris and Euvarroa
sinhai Delfinado and Baker (Family Varroidae) are reported
for the first time from Thailand. V. jacobsoni was found
parasitizing colonies of Apis cerana indica F. and A. mellifera
L., E. sinhai was observed in association with drones
of A. florea F.
The...
