ArticleExperimental & applied acarology2018
Using an in vitro system for maintaining Varroa destructor mites on Apis mellifera pupae as hosts: studies of mite longevity and feeding behavior.
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- Developing a method to rear Varroa destructor in vitro.Experimental & applied acarology · 2024Article
- Honey Bee Larval Hemolymph as a Source of Key Nutrients and Proteins Offers a Promising Medium forInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Effects of dialkoxybenzenes against Varroa destructor and identification of 1-allyloxy-4-propoxybenzene as a promising acaricide candidate.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- First identification of Tyrophagus curvipenis (Acari: Acaridae) and pathogen detection in Apis mellifera colonies in the Republic of Korea.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Deformed wing virus of honey bees is inactivated by cold plasma ionized hydrogen peroxide.Frontiers in insect science · 2023Article
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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
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- Comparing four methods of rearing Varroa destructor in vitro.Experimental & applied acarology · 2020Article
- Varroa destructor mites vector and transmit pathogenic honey bee viruses acquired from an artificial diet.PloS one · 2020Article
- Honey Bee Suppresses the Parasitic Mite Vitellogenin by Antimicrobial Peptide.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- The nature of the arena surface affects the outcome of host-finding behavior bioassays in Varroa destructor (Anderson & Trueman).Parasitology research · 2019Article
- Deformed wing virus type A, a major honey bee pathogen, is vectored by the mite Varroa destructor in a non-propagative manner.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Nectar, humidity, honey bees ( Apis mellifera) and varroa in summer: a theoretical thermofluid analysis of the fate of water vapour from honey ripening and its implications on the control of Varroa destructor.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2019Article
- Insights into the metabolism and behaviour of Varroa destructor mites from analysis of their waste excretions.Parasitology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Varroa destructor mites (varroa) are ectoparasites of Apis mellifera honey bees, and the damage they inflict on hosts is likely a causative factor of recent poor honey bee colony performance. Research has produced an arsenal of control agents against varroa mites, which have become resistant to many chemical means of their control, and other means have uncertain efficacy. Novel means of control will result from a thorough understanding of varroa physiology and behavior. However, robust knowledge of varroa biology is lacking; mites have very low survivability and reproduction away from their natural environment and host, and few tested protocols of maintaining mites in vitro are available as standardized methods for varroa research. Here, we describe the 'varroa maintenance system' (VMS), a tool for maintaining in vitro populations of varroa on its natural host, and present best practices for its use in varroa and host research. Additionally, we present results using the VMS from research of varroa and host longevity and varroa feeding behavior. Under these conditions, from two trials, mites lived an average of 12 and 14 days, respectively. For studies of feeding behavior, female mites inflicted wounds located on a wide range of sites on the host's integument, but preferred to feed from the host's abdomen and thorax. Originally in the phoretic-phase, female mites in VMS had limited reproduction, but positive instances give insights into the cues necessary for initiating reproduction. The VMS is a useful tool for laboratory studies requiring long-term survival of mites, or host-parasite interactions.
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