Maria Helena Corrêa-Marques
Published: December 22, 2004
Genet. Mol. Res. 3 (4) : 463-464
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M.Helena Corrêa-Marques (2004). Reproduction of the mite Varroa jacobsoni in Africanized honey bee colonies in Brazil (Reprodução do ácaro Varroa jacobsoni em colônias de abelhas africanizadas (Apis mellifera) no Brasil). Genet. Mol. Res. 3(4): 463-464.
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Maria Helena Corrêa-Marques
We studied the reproduction of the mite Varroa jacobsoni in 10 colonies of Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). The mean infestation rate of worker brood cells, evaluated monthly from September 1998 to September 1999, varied from 3.4 to 13.7% and was negatively correlated with the mean minimum temperature for the corresponding months. The mean infestation rate in adult bees was below 5%, varying from 1.5 to 4.4%. It was also negatively correlated with temperature (both minimum and maximum). Read more. . .