1.   ...an itching skin disorder caused by parasitic mites.

2.   But Stiles theorizes the scarcity has to do with the general absence of the honeybee, which has been decimated by parasitic mites.

3.   Even honeybees, decimated in recent years by a parasitic mite, seem to be more numerous, said Lee Burgess, an Agriculture Department entomologist for northwest Missouri.

4.   Once a thriving industry, the ranks of Valley beekeepers have been thinned in recent years by urban sprawl, parasitic mites and cheap foreign honey.

5.   The long-range future depends on how the bees and beekeepers battle the parasitic mites.

6.   Scabies is a disease caused by a parasitic mite that burrows under the skin to lay eggs.

7.   Scabies is a contagious disease caused by a parasitic mite that burrows into the skin and lays eggs.