Study of infection rate of suburb bee hives to parasites Nosma apis, Varroa spp. and Acarapis woodi in Miyaneh, Iran

Infection rate of suburb bee hives to parasites Nosema apis, Varroa spp. and Acarapis woodi was evaluated in Miyaneh region, because of their importance and high distribution in Iran. For this reason, 50 hives were chosen randomly from 30 different bee farms. Selected bee hives were transferred to laboratory for light microscopic examination. From 50 studied hives, 9 hives (8%) were infected to Nosema apis, 7 hives (4.43%) were infected to varroa spp. and did not observed any infected hives to Acarapis woodi. According to the results, bee hives had high infection rate to Nosema apis and so, planning management programs for parasite control and preventing its spreading is necessary by veterinary organization.