The ectoparasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor was originally confined to the Eastern
honey bee Apis cerana. After a shift to the new host Apis mellifera during the first half of the …

The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is the most significant pathological threat to the
western honey bee, Apis mellifera, leading to the death of most colonies if left untreated. An …

The Varroa destructor mite is the largest threat to apiculture worldwide and has been
responsible for devastating losses of wild honeybee populations in Europe and North …

In East Africa, honey bees (Apis mellifera) provide critical pollination services and income for
small-holder farmers and rural families. While honey bee populations in North America and …

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 …

Over the past decades, various free-living animals (hosts) and their parasites have invaded
recipient areas in which they had not previously occurred, thus gaining the status of aliens or …

Background In spite of the implementation of control strategies in honey bee (Apis mellifera)
kee**, the invasive parasitic mite Varroa destructor remains one of the main causes of …

We document the ability of a population of honey bee colonies to survive in France without
Varroa suppression measures. We compared the mortality of collected Varroa surviving bee …

Recent biological invasions offer 'natural'laboratories to understand the genetics and
ecology of adaptation, hybridization, and range limits. One of the most impressive and well …

This study was conducted to determine the existence of phenotypic and genotypic variation
in the ability of honey bee colonies to restrain the population growth of the mite Varroa …