Biology and control of Varroa destructor

P Rosenkranz, P Aumeier, B Ziegelmann - Journal of invertebrate …, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Honey bee survival mechanisms against the parasite Varroa destructor: a systematic review of phenotypic and genomic research efforts

F Mondet, A Beaurepaire, A McAfee, B Locke… - International journal for …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Breeding for resistance to Varroa destructor in North America

TE Rinderer, JW Harris, GJ Hunt, LI De Guzman - Apidologie, 2010 - apidologie.org
Breeding for resistance to Varroa destructor in North America provides the long-term
solution to the economic troubles the mite brings. This review reports the development of two …

Selection and hybridization shaped the rapid spread of African honey bee ancestry in the Americas

E Calfee, MN Agra, MA Palacio, SR Ramírez… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Rapid parallel evolution overcomes global honey bee parasite

M Oddie, R Büchler, B Dahle, M Kovacic, Y Le Conte… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In eusocial insect colonies nestmates cooperate to combat parasites, a trait called social
immunity. However, social immunity failed for Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) when the …

Perspectives on hygienic behavior in Apis mellifera and other social insects

M Spivak, RG Danka - Apidologie, 2021 - Springer
Hygienic behavior in honey bees, Apis mellifera, has been studied for over 80 years with the
aim of understanding mechanisms of pathogen and parasite resistance and colony health …

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 …

Genotypic variability and relationships between mite infestation levels, mite damage, grooming intensity, and removal of Varroa destructor mites in selected strains of …

E Guzman-Novoa, B Emsen, P Unger… - Journal of invertebrate …, 2012 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to demonstrate genotypic variability and analyze the
relationships between the infestation levels of the parasitic mite Varroa destructor in honey …

[HTML][HTML] Parasite resistance and tolerance in honeybees at the individual and social level

C Kurze, J Routtu, RFA Moritz - Zoology, 2016 - Elsevier
Organisms living in large groups, such as social insects, are particularly vulnerable to
parasite transmission. However, they have evolved diverse defence mechanisms which are …

Honey bee populations surviving Varroa destructor parasitism in Latin America and their mechanisms of resistance

E Guzman-Novoa, M Corona, M Alburaki… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The honey bee (Apis mellifera) parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, is considered one of the
main causes of colony losses in European honey bee (EHB) populations around the world …