SURVIVAL OF VARROA-JACOBSONI OUD (ACARI, VARROIDAE) AWAY FROM ITS LIVING HOST APIS-MELLIFERA L

Authors
DEGUZMAN LI RINDERER TE BEAMAN LD
Citation
Li. Deguzman et al., SURVIVAL OF VARROA-JACOBSONI OUD (ACARI, VARROIDAE) AWAY FROM ITS LIVING HOST APIS-MELLIFERA L, Experimental & applied acarology, 17(4), 1993, pp. 283-290
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Experimental & applied acarology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01688162
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
283 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-8162(1993)17:4<283:SOVO(V>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Mite survival was measured on eight different substrates: cloth, wax c omb, dead drones, dead workers, metal, wood, pollen and control. Trial s were conducted at both 26-degrees-C and 13-degrees-C. Substrate type , temperature and their interactions significantly affected the surviv al of V.jacobsoni. Longest survival (71 +/- 1.1 h) was recorded on dea d worker bees (Apis mellifera L.) held at 26-degrees-C. Shortest survi vals were observed on cloth (21 +/- 1.3 h), no substrate (21 +/- 1.3 h ), metal (20 +/- 1.1 h) and pollen (18 +/- 1.3 h), all maintained at 1 3-degrees-C.