<b> Reproductive ability and level of infestation of the <i>Varroa destructor</i> mite in <i>Apis mellifera</i> apiaries in Blumenau, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil </b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.20366

Varroa destructor mite causes mortality of Apis mellifera bees throughout the world. Its greatest damage to these colonies has been reported in European countries and North America. The impact of the mite is related to the climate and the bee race on each region in which the plague has been establis...

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Main Authors: Francisco Estevão Carneiro, Gustavo Valadares Barroso, Roger Strapazzon, Geraldo Moretto
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Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2013-08-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum : Biological Sciences
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spelling doaj-0e9ee95210df4b16961a4e073d57a6a42020-11-25T02:52:10ZengUniversidade Estadual de MaringáActa Scientiarum : Biological Sciences1679-92831807-863X2013-08-0136110911210.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.2036610245<b> Reproductive ability and level of infestation of the <i>Varroa destructor</i> mite in <i>Apis mellifera</i> apiaries in Blumenau, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil </b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.20366Francisco Estevão Carneiro0Gustavo Valadares Barroso1Roger Strapazzon2Geraldo Moretto3Fundação Universidade Regional de BlumenauUniversidade de São PauloUniversidade Regional de BlumenauUniversidade Regional de BlumenauVarroa destructor mite causes mortality of Apis mellifera bees throughout the world. Its greatest damage to these colonies has been reported in European countries and North America. The impact of the mite is related to the climate and the bee race on each region in which the plague has been established. Varroa causes little damage to the colonies of africanized honeybees in Brazil and the levels of infestation are relatively small and stable. The reproductive ability of Varroa females was evaluated in pupae of workers of 17-18 days of age, obtained from eight beehives of africanized bees for twelve months. The average number of offspring (deutonymphs, protonymphs and eggs) each Varroa produced was 3.18 ± 0.19. The average total number of deutonymph and protonymph was, respectively, 1.57 ± 0.15 and 1.61 ± 0.14. The levels of infestation demonstrated that the plague continue reaching low levels, the average was 4.11 ± 3.42.http://186.233.154.254/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/20366varrosisgroominghygienic behaviortolerancemortality
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spellingShingle Francisco Estevão Carneiro
Gustavo Valadares Barroso
Roger Strapazzon
Geraldo Moretto
<b> Reproductive ability and level of infestation of the <i>Varroa destructor</i> mite in <i>Apis mellifera</i> apiaries in Blumenau, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil </b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.20366
Acta Scientiarum : Biological Sciences
varrosis
grooming
hygienic behavior
tolerance
mortality
author_facet Francisco Estevão Carneiro
Gustavo Valadares Barroso
Roger Strapazzon
Geraldo Moretto
author_sort Francisco Estevão Carneiro
title <b> Reproductive ability and level of infestation of the <i>Varroa destructor</i> mite in <i>Apis mellifera</i> apiaries in Blumenau, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil </b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.20366
title_short <b> Reproductive ability and level of infestation of the <i>Varroa destructor</i> mite in <i>Apis mellifera</i> apiaries in Blumenau, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil </b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.20366
title_full <b> Reproductive ability and level of infestation of the <i>Varroa destructor</i> mite in <i>Apis mellifera</i> apiaries in Blumenau, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil </b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.20366
title_fullStr <b> Reproductive ability and level of infestation of the <i>Varroa destructor</i> mite in <i>Apis mellifera</i> apiaries in Blumenau, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil </b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.20366
title_full_unstemmed <b> Reproductive ability and level of infestation of the <i>Varroa destructor</i> mite in <i>Apis mellifera</i> apiaries in Blumenau, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil </b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.20366
title_sort <b> reproductive ability and level of infestation of the <i>varroa destructor</i> mite in <i>apis mellifera</i> apiaries in blumenau, state of santa catarina, brazil </b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v36i1.20366
publisher Universidade Estadual de Maringá
series Acta Scientiarum : Biological Sciences
issn 1679-9283
1807-863X
publishDate 2013-08-01
description Varroa destructor mite causes mortality of Apis mellifera bees throughout the world. Its greatest damage to these colonies has been reported in European countries and North America. The impact of the mite is related to the climate and the bee race on each region in which the plague has been established. Varroa causes little damage to the colonies of africanized honeybees in Brazil and the levels of infestation are relatively small and stable. The reproductive ability of Varroa females was evaluated in pupae of workers of 17-18 days of age, obtained from eight beehives of africanized bees for twelve months. The average number of offspring (deutonymphs, protonymphs and eggs) each Varroa produced was 3.18 ± 0.19. The average total number of deutonymph and protonymph was, respectively, 1.57 ± 0.15 and 1.61 ± 0.14. The levels of infestation demonstrated that the plague continue reaching low levels, the average was 4.11 ± 3.42.
topic varrosis
grooming
hygienic behavior
tolerance
mortality
url http://186.233.154.254/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/20366
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