Evaluation of Traits for the Selection of Apis Mellifera for Resistance against Varroa Destructor.

ABSTRACT: Infestation with Varroa destructor is a serious cause of bee colony (Apis mellifera) losses on a global level. However, the presence of untreated survivor populations in many different regions supports the idea that selection for resistance can be successful. As colony survival is difficult or impossible to measure, differences in mite infestation levels and tests for specific behavioral traits are used for selective breeding for Varroa resistance. In this paper we looked into different definitions of mite infestation and linked these with brood hygiene (pin test), brood recapping and suppressed mite reproduction. We based our analyses on datasets of Apis mellifera carnica from three countries: Austria (147 records), Croatia (135) and Germany (207). We concluded that bee infestation in sum

SUBMITTER: Buchler R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7565760 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature