Asynchronous development of honey bee host and varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) influences reproductive potential of mites

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1146-1152

  Kirrane, Maria J ^a   De Guzman, Lilia I ^b   Rinderer, Thomas E ^b   Frake, Amanda M ^b   Wagnitz, Jeremy ^b   Whelan, Pádraig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous development; mating failure; nonreproduction; resistance; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; VARROIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; VARROIDAE;

ACARI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MESOSTIGMATA; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 80051756493     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11035     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Akimov, I. A., and A. V. Yastrebtsov. 1984. Reproductive system of Varroa jacobsoni. I. Female reproductive system and oogenesis. Vestn. Zool. 6: 61-68.
2. Alberti, G., and H.Hänel. 1986. Fine structure of the genital system in the bee parasite, Varroa jacobsoni (Gamasida: Dermanyssina) with remarks on spermiogenesis, spermatozoa and capacitation. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 2: 63-104.
3. Corrêa-Marques, M. H., L. M. Medina, S. J. Martin, and D.De Jong. 2003. Comparing data on the reproduction of Varroa destructor. Genet. Mol. Res. 2: 1-6. (Pubitemid 38846544)
4. de Guzman, L. I., T. E. Rinderer, G. T. Delatte, J. A. Stelzer, L. D. Beaman, and C. Harper. 2002. Hygienic behavior by honey bees from Far-eastern Russia. Am. Bee J. 141: 58-60. (Pubitemid 34853641)
5. de Guzman, L. I., T. E. Rinderer and A.M. Frake. 2007. Growth of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) populations in Russian honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 100: 187-195. (Pubitemid 46523039)
6. de Guzman, L. I., T. E. Rinderer, and A. M. Frake. 2008. Comparative reproduction of Varroa destructor in different types of Russian and Italian honey bee combs. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 44: 227-238.
7. DeRuijter, A. 1987. Reproduction of Varroa jacobsoni during successive brood cycles of the honey bee. Apidologie 18: 321-326.
8. Donze, G., and P. Guerin. 1994. Behavioral attributes and parental care of varroa mites parasitizing honeybee brood. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 34: 305-319.
9. Donzé, G., and P. Guerin. 1997. Time-activity budgets and space structuring by the different life stages of Varroa jacobsoni in capped brood of the honey bee Apis mellifera . J. Insect Behav. 10: 371-393. (Pubitemid 27295446)
10. Donzé, G., M. Hermann, B. Bachofen, and P. M. Guerin. 2006. Effect of mating frequency and brood cell infestation rate on the reproductive success of the honey bee parasite Varroa jacobsoni. Ecol. Entomol. 21: 17-26.
11. Garrido, C. 2004. Reproduktionssteuerung bei der parasitischen Bienenmilbe Varroa destructor Anderson & Faculty of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
12. Garrido, C., and P. Rosenkranz. 2003. The reproductive program of female Varroa destructor mites is triggered by its host Apis mellifera. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 31: 269-273. (Pubitemid 38448352)
13. Harbo, J. R., and J. W. Harris. 1999a. Selecting honey bees for resistance to Varroa jacobsoni. Apidologie 30: 183-196. (Pubitemid 29260683)
14. Harbo, J. R., and J. W. Harris. 1999b. Heritability in honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of characteristics associated with resistance to Varroa jacobsoni (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 91: 261-265. (Pubitemid 29233546)
15. Harbo, J. R., and J. W. Harris. 2005. Suppressed mite reproduction explained by the behaviour of adult bees. J. Api. Res. 44: 21-23. (Pubitemid 40607687)
16. Harris, J. W. 2007. Bees with varroa sensitive hygiene preferentially remove mite infested pupae aged five days post capping. J. Apicult. Res. 46: 134-139. (Pubitemid 47606565)
17. Harris, J. W., and J. R. Harbo. 1999. Low sperm counts and reduced fecundity of mites in colonies of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) resistant to Varroa jacobsoni (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 92: 83-90. (Pubitemid 29205906)
18. Harris, J. W., R. G. Danka, and J. D. Villa. 2010. Honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with the trait of varroa sensitive hygiene remove brood with all reproductive stages of varroa mites (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 103: 146-152.
19. Ibrahim, A., and M. Spivak. 2006. The relationship between hygienic behavior and suppression of mite reproduction as honey bee (Apis mellifera) mechanisms of resistance to Varroa destructor. Apidologie 37: 31-40.
20. Johnson, R. M., H. S. Pollock, and M. R. Berenbaum. 2009. Synergistic interactions between in-hive miticides in Apis mellifera. J. Econ. Entomol. 102: 474-479.
21. Le Conte, Y., M. Ellis, and W. Ritter. 2010. Varroa mites and honey bee health: can Varroa explain part of the colony losses? Apidologie 41: 353-363.
22. Macedo, P. A., J. Wu, and M. D. Ellis. 2002. Using inert dusts to detect and assess Varroa infestations in honey bee colonies. J. Apicult. Res. 41: 3-7. (Pubitemid 35028886)
23. Martin, S., K. Holland, and M. Murray. 1997. Non-reproduction in the honeybee mite Varroa jacobsoni. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 21: 539-549. (Pubitemid 27377923)
24. Martin, S. J. 1994. Ontogenesis of the mite Varroa jacobsoni Oud. in worker brood of the honeybee Apis mellifera L. under natural conditions. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 18: 87-100. (Pubitemid 2084792)
25. Oldroyd, B. P. 2007. What's killing American honey bees? PLoS Biol. 5: 1195-1199. (Pubitemid 46919937)
26. Rehm, S. M., and W. Ritter. 1989. Sequence of the sexes in the offspring of Varroa jacobsoni and the resulting consequences for the calculation of the developmental period. Apidologie 20: 339-343.
27. Rinderer, T. E., J.W.Harris, G. J. Hunt, and L. I.DeGuzman. 2010. Breeding for resistance to Varroa destructor in North America. Apidologie 41: 409-424.
28. Rosenkranz, P., and W. Engels. 1994. Infertility of Varroa jacobsoni females after invasion into Apis mellifera worker brood as a tolerance factor against varroatosis. Apidologie 25: 402-411. (Pubitemid 2138034)
29. Rosenkranz, P., and C. Garrido. 2004. Volatiles of the honey bee larva initiate oogenesis in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Chemoecology 14: 193-197. (Pubitemid 39384374)
30. Steiner, J., F. Dittmann, P. Rosenkranz and W. Engels. 1994. The first gonocycle of the parasitic mite (Varroa jacobsoni) in relation to preimaginal development of its host, the honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica). Invertebr. Reprod. Dev. 25: 175-183.
31. Thompson, H. M., M. A. Brown, R. F. Ball, and M. H. Bew. 2002. First report of Varroa destructor resistance to pyrethroids in the UK. Apidologie 33: 357-366. (Pubitemid 34987801)
32. Trouiller, J., and N. Milani. 1999. Stimulation of Varroa jacobsoni Oud. oviposition with semiochemicals from honeybee brood. Apidologie 30: 3-12. (Pubitemid 29124475)
33. Weller, S. 2008. Population dynamik der parasitischen Bienenmilbe Varroa destructor in vorselektierten Bienenvolkern (A. mellifera L.) unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Reproduktion. M.S. thesis, Faculty of Biology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.