Reproduction of parasitic mites Varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts

© 2018 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, shifted host from the eastern honeybee, Apis cerana, to the western honeybee, Apis mellifera. Whereas the original host survives infestations by this parasite, they are leth...

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Main Authors: Zheguang Lin, Yao Qin, Paul Page, Shuai Wang, Li Li, Zhengsheng Wen, Fuliang Hu, Peter Neumann, Huoqing Zheng, Vincent Dietemann
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-581282018-09-05T04:29:54Z Reproduction of parasitic mites Varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts Zheguang Lin Yao Qin Paul Page Shuai Wang Li Li Zhengsheng Wen Fuliang Hu Peter Neumann Huoqing Zheng Vincent Dietemann Agricultural and Biological Sciences Environmental Science © 2018 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, shifted host from the eastern honeybee, Apis cerana, to the western honeybee, Apis mellifera. Whereas the original host survives infestations by this parasite, they are lethal to colonies of its new host. Here, we investigated a population of A. cerana naturally infested by the V. destructor Korea haplotype that gave rise to the globally invasive mite lineage. Our aim was to better characterize traits that allow for the survival of the original host to infestations by this particular mite haplotype. A known major trait of resistance is the lack of mite reproduction on worker brood in A. cerana. We show that this trait is neither due to a lack of host attractiveness nor of reproduction initiation by the parasite. However, successful mite reproduction was prevented by abnormal host development. Adult A. cerana workers recognized this state and removed hosts and parasites, which greatly affected the fitness of the parasite. These results confirm and complete previous observations of brood susceptibility to infestation in other honeybee host populations, provide new insights into the coevolution between hosts and parasites in this system, and may contribute to mitigating the large-scale colony losses of A. mellifera due to V. destructor. 2018-09-05T04:20:13Z 2018-09-05T04:20:13Z 2018-02-01 Journal 20457758 2-s2.0-85040783698 10.1002/ece3.3802 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85040783698&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/58128
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
collection CMU Intellectual Repository
topic Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Environmental Science
spellingShingle Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Environmental Science
Zheguang Lin
Yao Qin
Paul Page
Shuai Wang
Li Li
Zhengsheng Wen
Fuliang Hu
Peter Neumann
Huoqing Zheng
Vincent Dietemann
Reproduction of parasitic mites Varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts
description © 2018 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, shifted host from the eastern honeybee, Apis cerana, to the western honeybee, Apis mellifera. Whereas the original host survives infestations by this parasite, they are lethal to colonies of its new host. Here, we investigated a population of A. cerana naturally infested by the V. destructor Korea haplotype that gave rise to the globally invasive mite lineage. Our aim was to better characterize traits that allow for the survival of the original host to infestations by this particular mite haplotype. A known major trait of resistance is the lack of mite reproduction on worker brood in A. cerana. We show that this trait is neither due to a lack of host attractiveness nor of reproduction initiation by the parasite. However, successful mite reproduction was prevented by abnormal host development. Adult A. cerana workers recognized this state and removed hosts and parasites, which greatly affected the fitness of the parasite. These results confirm and complete previous observations of brood susceptibility to infestation in other honeybee host populations, provide new insights into the coevolution between hosts and parasites in this system, and may contribute to mitigating the large-scale colony losses of A. mellifera due to V. destructor.
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author Zheguang Lin
Yao Qin
Paul Page
Shuai Wang
Li Li
Zhengsheng Wen
Fuliang Hu
Peter Neumann
Huoqing Zheng
Vincent Dietemann
author_facet Zheguang Lin
Yao Qin
Paul Page
Shuai Wang
Li Li
Zhengsheng Wen
Fuliang Hu
Peter Neumann
Huoqing Zheng
Vincent Dietemann
author_sort Zheguang Lin
title Reproduction of parasitic mites Varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts
title_short Reproduction of parasitic mites Varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts
title_full Reproduction of parasitic mites Varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts
title_fullStr Reproduction of parasitic mites Varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts
title_full_unstemmed Reproduction of parasitic mites Varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts
title_sort reproduction of parasitic mites varroa destructor in original and new honeybee hosts
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