A Reciprocal Transplant Experiment Confirmed Mite-Resistance in a Honey Bee Population from Uruguay.

ABSTRACT: In the past few years there has been an increasing interest for the study of honey bee populations that are naturally resistant to the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor, aiming to identify the mechanisms that allow the bees to limit the reproduction of the mite. In eastern Uruguay there are still bees resistant to mites that survive without acaricides. In order to determine if the differential resistance to V. destructor was maintained in other environments, a reciprocal transplant experiment was performed between the mite-resistant bee colonies and the mite-susceptible bee colonies from the east and the west of the country, respectively, infesting bees with local mites. In both regions, the mite-resistant colonies expressed a higher hygienic behavior and presented a highe

SUBMITTER: Mendoza Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9694040 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature