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Preference for drone brood cells by Varroa jacobsoni Oud in colonies of Apis mellifera carnica

1990; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 21; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1051/apido

ISSN

1297-9678

Autores

Stefan Fuchs,

Tópico(s)

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Resumo

— In colonies of A mellifera carnica infested with Varroa jacobsoni, the invasion of work- er brood cells and drone brood cells by reproductive female mites was studied.In 68 choices be- tween brood combs of both cell types, the infestation of mites per cell was, on average, 8.3 times higher in drone brood.This drone cell preference was not affected by the infestation level.It was more marked if drone brood was rare and it decreased towards the end of the drone rearing season.Apis mellifera carnica / Varroa jacobsoni / host selection / drone brood / preference

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