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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Varroa Destructor Tropilaelaps Mercedesae
SUBMITTER: Shufa Xu
PROVIDER: PXD047191 | iProX | Thu Nov 23 00:00:00 GMT 2023
REPOSITORIES: iProX
Han Bin B Wu Jiangli J Wei Qiaohong Q Liu Fengying F Cui Lihong L Rueppell Olav O Xu Shufa S
Nature communications 20240125 1
Ectoparasitic mites of the genera Varroa and Tropilaelaps have evolved to exclusively exploit honey bees as food sources during alternating dispersal and reproductive life history stages. Here we show that the primary food source utilized by Varroa destructor depends on the host life history stage. While feeding on adult bees, dispersing V. destructor feed on the abdominal membranes to access to the fat body as reported previously. However, when V. destructor feed on honey bee pupae during their ...[more]