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SUBMITTER: DeGrandi-Hoffman G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7686192 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
DeGrandi-Hoffman Gloria G Corby-Harris Vanessa V Chen Yanping Y Graham Henry H Chambers Mona M Watkins deJong Emily E Ziolkowski Nicholas N Kang Yun Y Gage Stephanie S Deeter Megan M Simone-Finstrom Michael M de Guzman Lilia L
Experimental & applied acarology 20201030 4
Varroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite of immature and adult honey bees that can transmit several single-stranded RNA viruses to its host. Varroa reproduce in brood cells, and mite populations increase as colonies produce brood in spring and summer. Mite numbers also can sharply rise, particularly in the fall, by the migration of varroa into hives on foragers. Colonies with high levels of varroa and viruses often die over the winter. Feeding colonies pollen might keep virus levels low and im ...[more]