GROOMING BEHAVIOR OF APIS-CERANA, APIS-MELLIFERA AND APIS-DORSATA AND ITS EFFECT ON THE PARASITIC MITES VARROA-JACOBSONI AND TROPILAELAPS-CLAREAE

被引：87

作者：

BUCHLER, R

DRESCHER, W

TORNIER, I

机构：

[1] Abteilung für Bienenzucht, HLT, Kirchhain, 3575

[2] Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Zoologie und Bienenkunde der Universität, Bonn

来源：

EXPERIMENTAL & APPLIED ACAROLOGY | 1992年 / 16卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1007/BF01218573

中图分类号：

Q96 [昆虫学];

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摘要：

One Apis mellifera and one Apis cerana observation hive were used to test the response to individually introduced Varroa jacobsoni mites. Within 60 s, 88.6% of the involved cerana worker bees (n = 44) showed auto-grooming behaviour. Within 5 min, allo-grooming behaviour, involving up to four nest-mates, was observed in 33.3% of the infested bees. Successful mite removal was observed in 75% of the not-prematurely discontinued observations (n = 36); 32% of the mites removed were caught with the mandibles. For mellifera auto-grooming behaviour was observed in most cases but delayed in comparison to cerana, and allo-grooming behaviour was rarely observed. Within 5 min, 48% of the mites in not-prematurely discontinued observations (n = 25) were removed, but none of the mites was caught with the mandibles. For Apis dorsata auto-grooming behaviour in response to the infestation with Tropilaelaps clareae and Varroa mites is reported for the first time. Varroa was removed at a higher rate than Tropilaelaps. The higher survival chance of Tropilaelaps seems to be due to differences in mite behaviour and the preference for certain parts of the bee-body.

引用

页码：313 / 319

页数：7

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