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Biblioteca(s): | INIA Las Brujas.
Tipo de la producción científica: | Artículos en Revistas Indexadas Internacionales
Circulación/Nivel: | A - 2
Fecha corriente: | 21/11/2016
Fecha de la última actualización: | 23/10/2019
Autoria: | INVERNIZZI, C.; ZEFFERINO, I.; SANTOS, E.; SÁNCHEZ, L.; MENDOZA, Y.
Afiliación: | CIRIO INVERNIZZI, Universidad de la República (UdelaR)/ Facultad de Ciencias; IGNACIO ZEFFERINO, Universidad de la República (UdelaR)/ Facultad de Ciencias; ESTELA SANTOS, Universidad de la República (UdelaR)/ Facultad de Ciencias; LUCÍA SÁNCHEZ, Universidad de la República (UdelaR)/ Facultad de Ciencias; YAMANDU MENDOZA SPINA, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay.
Título: | Multilevel assessment of grooming behavior against Varroa destructor in Italian and Africanized honey bees.
Complemento del título: | Original Research Article.
Título original: | Evaluación a varios niveles del comportamiento de limpieza contra Varroa destructor en abejas de la miel africanizadas e italianas
Año de publicación: | 2015
Fuente/Imprenta: | Journal of Apicultural Research, 2015, v.54 (4): 321-327
DOI: | 10.1080/00218839.2016.1159055
Idioma: | Inglés
Notas: | Article history: Received 09 Jul 2013; Accepted 15 Jun 2014; Published online: 11 May 2016

Contenido:

ABSTRACT.
The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is one of the main plagues of honey bees Apis mellifera. Grooming behavior is a resistance mechanism through which parasitized bees can dislodge mites by themselves (autogrooming) or by the action of other bees (allogrooming). The objective of this study was to evaluate grooming behavior in Italian (A. m. ligustica) and Africanized (hybrids of A. m. scutellata) bees at the individual, group, and colony levels. Firstly, five behaviors were recorded observing bees individually placed on a Petri dish and after placing a mite on their thorax. Secondly, 30 bees of each colony were placed in a Petri dish along with 20 mites and 24 h later fallen mites were counted. Lastly, the proportion of injured mites collected in the hive floor was determined. At the individual level, Africanized bees showed a higher total number of reaction behaviors to V. destructor than did Italian bees (U = 182.5; p = 0.02). Groups of Italian bees could dislodge 60.8 ± 20.0% of mites and Africanized bees dislodged 65.9 ± 15.6% of mites, without showing significant differences (t = 0.735; p = 0.47). Colonies of Africanized bees showed a higher proportion of injured mites (29.0 ± 8.6%) than colonies of Italian bees did (17.7 ± 9.8%) (t = 2.92; p = 0.009). Africanized bees are characterized by presenting higher resistance to V. destructor than European bees. This study shows that such difference can be, partly due to grooming behavior. The importance of auto and allogrooming regarding resistance to V. destructor is discussed.

Palabras-Clave: | HONEY BEES SUBSPECIES; MITES; RESISTANCE; SELECTION; VARROOSIS.
Thesagro: | ABEJAS; APICULTURA; VARROA.
Categoría del tema: | --
Registro original: | INIA Las Brujas (LB)
Ejemplares: | LB - (101234-1) - PXI - DD - DD - PP/JR.APICULTURAL RESEARCH/2016 -  -  - DIS