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Behavioral Modulation of Infestation by Varroa destructor in Bee Colonies. Implications for Colony Stability

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has become a global problem for beekeepers and for the crops that depend on bee pollination. While many factors are known to increase the risk of colony collapse, the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is considered to be the most serious one. Although this mite is u...

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Autores principales: de Figueiró Santos, Joyce, Coelho, Flávio Codeço, Bliman, Pierre-Alexandre
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5008794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27583438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160465
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description Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has become a global problem for beekeepers and for the crops that depend on bee pollination. While many factors are known to increase the risk of colony collapse, the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is considered to be the most serious one. Although this mite is unlikely to cause the collapse of hives itself, it is the vector for many viral diseases which are among the likely causes for Colony Collapse Disorder. The effects of V. destructor infestation differ from one part of the world to another, with greater morbidity and higher colony losses in European honey bees (EHB) in Europe, Asia and North America. Although this mite has been present in Brazil for many years, there have been no reports of colony losses amongst Africanized Honey Bees (AHB). Studies carried out in Mexico have highlighted different behavioral responses by the AHB to the presence of the mite, notably as far as grooming and hygienic behavior are concerned. Could these explain why the AHB are less susceptible to Colony Collapse Disorder? In order to answer this question, we have developed a mathematical model of the infestation dynamics to analyze the role of resistance behavior by bees in the overall health of the colony, and as a consequence, its ability to face epidemiological challenges.
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spelling pubmed-50087942016-09-27 Behavioral Modulation of Infestation by Varroa destructor in Bee Colonies. Implications for Colony Stability de Figueiró Santos, Joyce Coelho, Flávio Codeço Bliman, Pierre-Alexandre PLoS One Research Article Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has become a global problem for beekeepers and for the crops that depend on bee pollination. While many factors are known to increase the risk of colony collapse, the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is considered to be the most serious one. Although this mite is unlikely to cause the collapse of hives itself, it is the vector for many viral diseases which are among the likely causes for Colony Collapse Disorder. The effects of V. destructor infestation differ from one part of the world to another, with greater morbidity and higher colony losses in European honey bees (EHB) in Europe, Asia and North America. Although this mite has been present in Brazil for many years, there have been no reports of colony losses amongst Africanized Honey Bees (AHB). Studies carried out in Mexico have highlighted different behavioral responses by the AHB to the presence of the mite, notably as far as grooming and hygienic behavior are concerned. Could these explain why the AHB are less susceptible to Colony Collapse Disorder? In order to answer this question, we have developed a mathematical model of the infestation dynamics to analyze the role of resistance behavior by bees in the overall health of the colony, and as a consequence, its ability to face epidemiological challenges. Public Library of Science 2016-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5008794/ /pubmed/27583438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160465 Text en © 2016 de Figueiró Santos et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Behavioral Modulation of Infestation by Varroa destructor in Bee Colonies. Implications for Colony Stability
title_fullStr Behavioral Modulation of Infestation by Varroa destructor in Bee Colonies. Implications for Colony Stability
title_full_unstemmed Behavioral Modulation of Infestation by Varroa destructor in Bee Colonies. Implications for Colony Stability
title_short Behavioral Modulation of Infestation by Varroa destructor in Bee Colonies. Implications for Colony Stability
title_sort behavioral modulation of infestation by varroa destructor in bee colonies. implications for colony stability
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5008794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27583438
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