Isle of Wight Bee Disease. 519 



A'tev the deabli of the bee the mites continue to live £oi' 

 several days, and tlie great majority of tliem seem to die 

 finally vifithout leaving the body of the liost. Occasionally a 

 few- adult mites may be found moving about on the dead 

 bodies of the bees. Whilst dissecting some healthy hive-bees 

 from Golder's Green, I found a single specimen of a male 

 Tarsonemus (seiisu stricto) in one of the thoracic tracliese — 

 so that more than one, species of mite of this family can gain 

 access to the respiratory system of the bee. I have also 

 found specimens of T'irsonemus (s. s.) on dry specimens of 

 Apis dorsata and Aids florealis (both iTidian species of bees) 

 and on Apis mdliUca, var. indiea (from Singapore) , 



