Control effect of sublimed sulfur paired with acaricide on bee mites.

[Objective] This study was to compare the control effect of sublimed sulfur paired with acricide on bee mites.[Method] During 2007-2009,three independent experiments for studying the control effect be on mites using sublimed sulfur paired with acaricide were performed in a same apiary.[Result] The results showed that this method is effective in eliminating mites settled on combs or hidden during pupae phase,but not in controlling the mites parasitized on adult bees.The control effect on killing Varroa destructor after treated appeared optimal in the first day and then decreased,and that on killing Tvopilaelaps clareae happened in the second day.The results indicated that the effect would be much better if the bees can be treated 1 time to 2 times again in the following 2-5 days after the first treatment.Back to data pool,we found that the treatment of sublimed sulfur paired with acaricide is effective in controlling V.destructor and T.clareae.[Conclusion] This technique could facilitate the bee production in the regions suffered from V.destructor and T.clareae.