Susceptibility of the honey bee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, infested with Acarapis woodi (Rennie) to infection by airborne pathogens

Honey bees infested with the mite Acarapis woodi (Rennie) were no more susceptible than normal bees to infection by the bacterium Pseudomonas apiseptica (Burnside), or by the viruses causing acute and chronic paralysis, when they were sprayed with suspensions of these pathogens.