2015
DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2016.1159788
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Investigating the influence of postcapping period on varroa mite infestation

Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess infestation levels of Varroa destructor in some honey bee colonies from the National breeding program in the central part of Iran, and the relationship between mite infestation levels and postcapping period (PCP) of worker brood cells. Shortening the PCP is an important parameter limiting the success of varroa mite reproduction in honey bee colonies. In the present study, four pure-bred line colonies from isolated areas were selected to investigate the brood capping duration… Show more

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“…This is consistent with some earlier reports [61, 62], but conflicts with others [63]. Consequently, we must look at the two mechanisms that try to explain the association between these two variables with a certain restraint, in particular 1) the reduced space between the pupae and the brood cell wall negatively affects the Varroa mite reproductive capacity [30] and 2) smaller brood cell sizes result in shortened honey bee developmental time [31, 32], and a reduced capping time potentially affects mite populations in honey bee colonies [64]. It seems that these two mechanisms do not explain entirely the relationship between brood cell size and Varroa -infestation level, whereby the association becomes circumstances-dependent.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is consistent with some earlier reports [61, 62], but conflicts with others [63]. Consequently, we must look at the two mechanisms that try to explain the association between these two variables with a certain restraint, in particular 1) the reduced space between the pupae and the brood cell wall negatively affects the Varroa mite reproductive capacity [30] and 2) smaller brood cell sizes result in shortened honey bee developmental time [31, 32], and a reduced capping time potentially affects mite populations in honey bee colonies [64]. It seems that these two mechanisms do not explain entirely the relationship between brood cell size and Varroa -infestation level, whereby the association becomes circumstances-dependent.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, a foundress mite is considered to reproduce successfully when one or two viable, mature and mated daughter mites emerge from the cell during each reproductive cycle (Ifantidis, 1983; Martin, 1994). Thus, the duration of the post-capping stage of worker brood and the mite offspring mortality in these cells are factors which can potentially influence the reproductive success of foundress mites (Martin, 1994; Rosenkranz et al 2010; Ardestani, 2015). Alternatively, mites could be considered non-reproductive because they die in the cell without reproducing, produce no offspring, produce only male offspring or produce offspring that fail to reach maturity before the developing honeybee pupa hatches as an adult (Harbo and Harris, 1999).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%