Geographic Variation in the Seasonal Reproductive Strategy of the Mite Varroa jacobsoni in the Honeybee Nest |
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| Authors: | Es'kov E K Maslennikova V I |
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| Institution: | (1) Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, Balashikha, Moscow oblast, 143900, Russia;(2) Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies, ul. Akademika Skryabina 23, Moscow, 109472, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Variation in the reproduction of Varroa jacobsoni mite was studied in relation to the expansion of the range of its parasitism on the honeybee. Geographic differences in the seasonal dynamics of mite reproduction in the nests of bee families were revealed. Variation in the sex ratio of mites and the factors inhibiting their reproduction at the northern boundary of the honeybee range are considered. The forms of parthenogenetic reproduction in V. jacobsoni are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | bee drone mite brood cell brood reproduction female male range variation queen bee |
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