Pérdida de peso en la abeja Apis mellifera, raza criolla, producida por el ectoparásito Varroa jacobsoni

Authors

  • Liliana Monetti Laboratorio de Artrópodos Fac. Ce. Ex. y Naturales Universidad nacional de Mar del Plata, (7600) Mar del Plata, Argentina
  • Jorge Marcangeli Laboratorio de Artrópodos Fac. Ce. Ex. y Naturales Universidad nacional de Mar del Plata, (7600) Mar del Plata, Argentina
  • Martín Eguaras Laboratorio de Artrópodos Fac. Ce. Ex. y Naturales Universidad nacional de Mar del Plata, (7600) Mar del Plata, Argentina
  • Néstor Fernandez Laboratorio de Artrópodos Fac. Ce. Ex. y Naturales Universidad nacional de Mar del Plata, (7600) Mar del Plata, Argentina

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to determine if Varroa jacobsoni causad a weight boss in newly emerged worker bees of an Apis melliferarace (“creole bee”). Every emerging bee was individually picked up, examined for the presence of mites, cual weighed The cell from which tire, bee emerged was examined under sterosc opic microscope tu quantify the mites remaining in it. Tie bees were groupe according to the number of mites by which they were parasitized (intensity), and their weights were compared. The weight of parasitized bees was significantly lower than the weight of bees free from parasites. This weight loss inc reased with the number of mites, reaching a value of up to 25%. The first mite, causad a weight loss higher than subsequent mites.

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Published

1991-12-01

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Monetti, L., Marcangeli, J., Eguaras, M., & Fernandez, N. (1991). Pérdida de peso en la abeja Apis mellifera, raza criolla, producida por el ectoparásito Varroa jacobsoni. Ecología Austral, 1(2), 103–106. Retrieved from https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/1742

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (1991)

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Short Communications

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