Individual-Level Comparisons of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) Hygienic Behavior Towards Brood Infested with Varroa destructor (Parasitiformes: Varroidae) or Tropilaelaps mercedesae (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae)

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Parasitic mites are among the main causes of honeybee colony losses worldwide. Long-term selection has led to bees that are, in part, resistant to one specific mite, Varroa destructor. We investigated whether an important Varroa resistance trait, “hygienic behavior”, is also effectiv...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Monica, Wegener, Jakob, Gautam, Ishan, Singh, Madhusudan, Schwekendiek, Christoph, Bienefeld, Kaspar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7469190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32784569
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11080510

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7469190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32784569
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11080510

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