ArticlePloS one2014
Can we disrupt the sensing of honey bees by the bee parasite Varroa destructor?
Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Parasitic Mites of Honey Bees (Apis Spp.): A Detailed Review of Varroa destructor in Parasitism, Pathogen Transmission and its Management.Acta parasitologica · 2025Review
- Chemosensory function of Varroa gnathosoma: transcriptomic and proteomic analyses.Experimental & applied acarology · 2024Article
- Effects of dialkoxybenzenes against Varroa destructor and identification of 1-allyloxy-4-propoxybenzene as a promising acaricide candidate.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Automated, non-invasive Varroa mite detection by vibrational measurements of gait combined with machine learning.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Attractant Activity of Host-Related Chemical Blends on the Poultry Red Mite at Different Spatial Scales.Journal of chemical ecology · 2023Article
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- Understanding the Enemy: A Review of the Genetics, Behavior and Chemical Ecology of Varroa destructor, the Parasitic Mite of Apis mellifera.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2022Review
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- Integrated Pest Management Control of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae), the Most Damaging Pest of (Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)) Colonies.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2021Review
- Electrotarsogram responses to synthetic odorants by Varroa destructor, a primary parasite of western honey bees (Apis mellifera).Experimental & applied acarology · 2020Article
- How Crucial is the Functional Pit Organ for theInsects · 2020Article
- Transcriptome profiling of the honeybee parasite Varroa destructor provides new biological insights into the mite adult life cycle.BMC genomics · 2018Article
- Chemosensing of honeybee parasite, Varroa destructor: Transcriptomic analysis.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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- Erratum issued
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, is considered to be one of the most significant threats to apiculture around the world. Chemical cues are known to play a significant role in the host-finding behavior of Varroa. The mites distinguish between bees from different task groups, and prefer nurses over foragers. We examined the possibility of disrupting the Varroa--honey bee interaction by targeting the mite's olfactory system. In particular, we examined the effect of volatile compounds, ethers of cis 5-(2'-hydroxyethyl) cyclopent-2-en-1-ol or of dihydroquinone, resorcinol or catechol. We tested the effect of these compounds on the Varroa chemosensory organ by electrophysiology and on behavior in a choice bioassay. The electrophysiological studies were conducted on the isolated foreleg. In the behavioral bioassay, the mite's preference between a nurse and a forager bee was evaluated. PRINCIPAL
findingsWe found that in the presence of some compounds, the response of the Varroa chemosensory organ to honey bee headspace volatiles significantly decreased. This effect was dose dependent and, for some of the compounds, long lasting (>1 min). Furthermore, disruption of the Varroa volatile detection was accompanied by a reversal of the mite's preference from a nurse to a forager bee. Long-term inhibition of the electrophysiological responses of mites to the tested compounds was a good predictor for an alteration in the mite's host preference.
conclusionsThese data indicate the potential of the selected compounds to disrupt the Varroa--honey bee associations, thus opening new avenues for Varroa control.
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