[HTML][HTML] Geographical Distribution and Selection of European Honey Bees Resistant to Varroa destructor

Y Le Conte, MD Meixner, A Brandt, NL Carreck… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is a major challenge to honey bee
populations worldwide. Some honey bee populations are resistant to the mite, but most of …

Co-adaptation of Apis cerana Fabr. and Varroa jacobsoni Oud

W Rath - Apidologie, 1999 - apidologie.org
The research on bee and mite biology over the past 20 years has uncovered numerous
details of the A. cerana-V. jacobsoni co-adaptation which are systematically summarized …

[图书][B] Asian honey bees: biology, conservation, and human interactions

BP Oldroyd, S Wongsiri - 2009 - books.google.com
The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research.
But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand began to shift focus …

Behavioral defenses of honey bees against Varroa jacobsoni Oud.

O Boecking, M Spivak - Apidologie, 1999 - apidologie.org
Two behaviors of honey bees, hygienic behavior and grooming, are mechanisms of defense
against brood diseases and parasitic mites. Studies have shown that Apis mellifera colonies …

Honey bee hygienic behavior and defense against Varroa jacobsoni

M Spivak - Apidologie, 1996 - apidologie.org
Hygienic and non-hygienic colonies from'Starline'stock of Apis mellifera were tested for their
ability to remove pupae infested with Varroa mites. The hygienic and non-hygienic lines …

Behavioral attributes and parental care of Varroa mites parasitizing honeybee brood

G Donzé, PM Guerin - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1994 - Springer
Varroa jacobsoni, an ectoparasite of the Asian honeybee Apis cerana, has been introduced
world-wide, and is currently decimating colonies of the European honeybee Apis mellifera …

Parallel evolution of Varroa resistance in honey bees: a common mechanism across continents?

I Grindrod, SJ Martin - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The near-globally distributed ecto-parasitic mite of the Apis mellifera honeybee, Varroa
destructor, has formed a lethal association with Deformed wing virus, a once rare and …

[HTML][HTML] Natural selection, selective breeding, and the evolution of resistance of honeybees (Apis mellifera) against Varroa

JJM van Alphen, BJ Fernhout - Zoological letters, 2020 - Springer
We examine evidence for natural selection resulting in Apis mellifera becoming tolerant or
resistant to Varroa mites in different bee populations. We discuss traits implicated in Varroa …

[HTML][HTML] Varroa resistance in Apis cerana: a review

I Grindrod, SJ Martin - Apidologie, 2023 - Springer
Varroa is a major world-wide pest to Western honey bees (Apis mellifera), causing huge
ongoing losses of colonies every year. Conversely, the Eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) is …

Ultrastructure and bacterial infection of wounds in honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupae punctured by Varroa mites

G Kanbar, W Engels - Parasitology research, 2003 - Springer
The damage to western honey bee, Apis mellifera, colonies caused by the originally Asian
ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is mainly a consequence of the infestation of host bee …