Varroa destructor Mites Can Nimbly Climb from Flowers onto Foraging Honey Bees

Peck, David T.; Smith, Michael L.; Seeley, Thomas D.

Varroa destructor Mites Can Nimbly Climb from Flowers onto Foraging Honey Bees

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Date

2016

Authors

Peck, David T.

Smith, Michael L.

Seeley, Thomas D.

Publication type

Journal article

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Published

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PLoS one ; 11 (2016), 12. - e0167798. - eISSN 1932-6203

Abstract

Varroa destructor, the introduced parasite of European honey bees associated with massive colony deaths, spreads readily through populations of honey bee colonies, both managed colonies living crowded together in apiaries and wild colonies living widely dispersed in natural settings. Mites are hypothesized to spread between most managed colonies via phoretically riding forager bees when they engage in robbing colonies or they drift between hives. However, widely spaced wild colonies show Varroa infestation despite limited opportunities for robbing and little or no drifting of bees between colonies. Both wild and managed colonies may also exchange mites via another mechanism that has received remarkably little attention or study: floral transmission. The present study tested the ability of mites to infest foragers at feeders or flowers. We show that Varroa destructor mites are highly capable of phoretically infesting foraging honey bees, detail the mechanisms and maneuvers by which they do so, and describe mite behaviors post-infestation.

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570 Biosciences, Biology

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PECK, David T., Michael L. SMITH, Thomas D. SEELEY, 2016. Varroa destructor Mites Can Nimbly Climb from Flowers onto Foraging Honey Bees. In: PLoS one. 11(12), e0167798. eISSN 1932-6203. Available under: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167798

BibTex

@article{Peck2016Varro-46402,
  year={2016},
  doi={10.1371/journal.pone.0167798},
  title={Varroa destructor Mites Can Nimbly Climb from Flowers onto Foraging Honey Bees},
  number={12},
  volume={11},
  journal={PLoS one},
  author={Peck, David T. and Smith, Michael L. and Seeley, Thomas D.},
  note={Article Number: e0167798}
}

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