Honey bees of the Arnot Forest:: a population of feral colonies persisting with Varroa destructor in the northeastern United States
Honey bees of the Arnot Forest:: a population of feral colonies persisting with Varroa destructor in the northeastern United States
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10.1051/apido:2006055
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2007-01-01
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2.4
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Seeley, Thomas D.
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作者：
Seeley, Thomas D.
2002年至2005年，对生活在纽约州1651公顷研究保护区阿诺特森林中的欧洲蜜蜂的野生群体进行了为期三年的研究。这些殖民地的人口以前曾在1978年进行过普查。2002年的一次人口普查显示，尽管狄斯瓦螨是在其间几年被引入北美的，但殖民地的数量与以前一样多。2002年秋季发现的大多数菌落在2005年秋季仍然存活。阿诺特森林的殖民地被证明是与V. destructor出没，但他们的螨种群没有激增到高水平在夏末。为了了解阿诺特森林蜜蜂是否可以抑制螨的繁殖率，用来自养蜂场的螨接种阿诺特森林蜜蜂和新世界卡尼奥兰蜜蜂的菌落，并比较它们的螨种群的生长模式。两种菌落类型之间无差异。显然，在阿诺特森林稳定的蜜蜂螨的关系反映了适应寄生虫（螨）无毒，而不是主机（蜜蜂）的阻力。
Feral colonies of European honey bees living in the Arnot Forest, a 1651-ha research preserve in New York State, were studied over a three-year period, 2002 to 2005. This population of colonies was previously censused in 1978. A census in 2002 revealed as many colonies as before, even though Varroa destructor was introduced to North America in the intervening years. Most colonies located in fall 2002 were still alive in fall 2005. The Arnot Forest colonies proved to be infested with V. destructor, but their mite populations did not surge to high levels in late summer. To see if Arnot Forest bees can suppress the reproduction rate of mites, colonies of Arnot Forest bees and New World Carniolan bees were inoculated with mites from an apiary and the growth patterns of their mite populations were compared. No difference was found between the two colony types. Evidently, the stable bee-mite relationship in the Arnot Forest reflects adaptations for parasite (mite) avirulence, not host (bee) resistance.