Time-activity budgets and space structuring by the different life stages ofVarroa jacobsoni in capped brood of the honey bee,Apis mellifera

Donzé, Gérard; Guérin, Patrick M.

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“…Therefore, species like Dichrocheles phalaenodectes which breeds within the tympanic organ of moths (Treat, 1975) and Varroa sp., display traits such as lack of cannibalism, nest sanitation and space partitioning (Donzé and Guerin, 1997). One consequence of space partitioning in Varroa sp.…”

Section: Effect Of Available Space In the Cell On Mite Reproductionmentioning

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Reproduction of Varroa destructor in South African honey bees: does cell space influence Varroa male survivorship?

Martin

Kryger

2002

Apidologie

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-The ability of Varroa destructor to reproduce in the African honey bee Apis mellifera scutellata was studied. In addition, the effects of space within the brood cell and short brood developmental time on mite reproduction, was investigated using A. m. scutellata cells parasitised by a A. m. capensis worker pseudo-clone. In A. m. scutellata worker cells Varroa produced 0.9 fertilised females per mother mite which is the same as found in susceptible European honey bees, but greater than the 0.4 produced in cells containing the pseudo-clone. Low mite reproductive success in cells containing pseudo-clone was mainly as a result of increased mite mortality. This was caused by male protonymphs and some mothers becoming trapped in the upper part of the cell due to the pseudo-clone being 8% larger than their host and not due to their short developmental time. Therefore, mite populations in South African A. m. scutellata and A. m. capensis honey bees are expected to increase to levels observed in Europe and USA.Varroa destructor / reproduction / cell size / mite mortality / Apis mellifera scutellata

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Section: Effect Of Available Space In the Cell On Mite Reproductionmentioning

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“…This provides a rare opportunity to measure the effect of mite reproduction on two different sized honey bees reared in the same sized cells. This is important since space within the brood cell has a bearing on the mite's successful reproduction (Message and Gonçalves, 1995;Donzé and Guerin, 1997;Medina and Martin, 1999).…”

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Reproduction of Varroa destructor in South African honey bees: does cell space influence Varroa male survivorship?

Martin

Kryger

2002

Apidologie

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“…The fact that we detected only one perforation on nearly all the worker and drone pupae we examined may be because the female mite prepares this feeding site for long-term use. Immediately after the pupal moult the Varroa female pushes the hindlegs of the bee host aside and punctures an abdominal sternite (Donzé & Guerin, 1997). According to these authors, this is performed quickly, probably because sclerotisation of the cuticle makes puncturing of the cuticle more difficult.…”

Section: Number Of Puncturesmentioning

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Number and position of wounds on honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupae infested with a single Varroa mite

Kanbar¹,

Engels²

2004

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. The wounds inflicted on pupae in capped brood cells of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, infested with a single female of the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, were investigated after visualisation by vital staining with trypan blue. On average the mites made two integumental perforations for feeding on prepupae and one on pupae. Most of the punctures were on particular ventral sites on the abdomen. Possible reasons for this pronounced preference and the evolutionary aspects of this highly specialised parasite-host relationship are discussed.

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“…One possible nonchemical method of mite control that has been much discussed and debated (e.g., Erickson et al 1990;Johnsen 2005) is to reduce worker cell width from the current size of 5.2-5.5 to 4.9 mm. It has been suggested (e.g., Medina and Martin 1999) that smaller cells may cause higher mortality of immature mites, because the mites develop directly beside immature bees in cells (Donzé and Guerin 1997) so a smaller space between the developing bee and the cell wall might hamper the movements of the immature mites, reducing their ability to feed and thereby raising their mortality.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Small-cell comb does not control Varroa mites in colonies of honeybees of European origin

Seeley

Griffin

2011

Apidologie

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-We tested the idea that Varroa destructor can be controlled in colonies of the European subspecies of Apis mellifera by providing them with combs built of small cells, in which immature mites might have difficulty developing for lack of space. We established seven pairs of equal-size colonies that started out equally infested with mites. In each pair, one hive contained only standard-cell (5.4 mm) comb, and the other contained only small-cell (4.8 mm) comb. We measured the colonies' mite loads at monthly intervals across a summer. No differences arose between the two treatment groups in their mean mite loads (mites per 100 worker bees or mite drop per 48 h). We suggest that providing small-cell combs did not inhibit mite reproduction because the fill factor (thorax width/cell width) was only slightly higher in the small cells than in the standard cells (79% and 73%, respectively).Apis mellifera / Varroa destructor / small cell / mite control / cell size

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Time-activity budgets and space structuring by the different life stages ofVarroa jacobsoni in capped brood of the honey bee,Apis mellifera

Cited by 39 publications

References 19 publications

Reproduction of Varroa destructor in South African honey bees: does cell space influence Varroa male survivorship?

Reproduction of Varroa destructor in South African honey bees: does cell space influence Varroa male survivorship?

Number and position of wounds on honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupae infested with a single Varroa mite

Small-cell comb does not control Varroa mites in colonies of honeybees of European origin

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