Counting phoretic Varroa destructor mites dislodged from honey bees (Apis mellifera) sampled under the escape board: a simple, precise and rapid method

References

• Bland, J. M., & Altman, D. G. (1999). Measuring agreement in method comparison studies. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 8(2), 135–160. https://doi.org/10.1177/096228029900800204
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Branco, M. R., Kidd, N. A. C., & Pickard, R. S. (2006). A comparative evaluation of sampling methods for Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) population estimation. Apidologie, 37(4), 452–461. https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2006010
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Calderone, N. W., & Lin, S. (2003). Rapid determination of the numbers of Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, on sticky-board collection devices. Apidologie, 34(1), 11–17. https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2002042
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Calderone, N. W., & Turcotie, R. M. (1998). Development of sampling methods for estimating levels of Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Varroidae) infestation in colonies of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 91(4), 851–863. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/91.4.851
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• de Jong, D., de Andrea Roma, D., & Goncalves, L. S. (1982). A comparative analyis of shaking solutions for the detection of Varroa jacobsoni on adult honeybees. Apidologie, 13(3), 297–293.6. https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19820308
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• DeGrandi-Hoffman, G., Ahumada, F., Zazueta, V., Chambers, M., Hidalgo, G., & de Jong, E. W. (2016). Population growth of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) in honey bee colonies is affected by the number of foragers with mites. Experimental & Applied Acarology, 69(1), 21–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-016-0022-9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• DeGrandi-Hoffman, G., & Curry, R. (2004). A mathematical model of Varroa mite (Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman) and honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) population dynamics. International Journal of Acarology, 30(3), 259–274. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647950408684393
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dietemann, V., Nazzi, F., Martin, S. J., Anderson, D. L., Locke, B., Delaplane, K. S., Wauquiez, Q., Tannahill, C., Frey, E., Ziegelmann, B., Rosenkranz, P., & Ellis, J. D. (2013). Standard methods for varroa research. Journal of Apicultural Research, 52(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.1.52.1.09
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Evans, J. D., & Schwarz, R. S. (2011). Bees brought to their knees: Microbes affecting honey bee health. Trends in Microbiology, 19(12), 614–620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2011.09.003
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Francis, R. M., Nielsen, S. L., & Kryger, P. (2013). Varroa-virus interaction in collapsing honey bee colonies. PLoS One, 8(3), e57540. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057540
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Genersch, E., von der Ohe, W., Kaatz, H., Schroeder, A., Otten, C., Büchler, R., Berg, S., Ritter, W., Mühlen, W., Gisder, S., Meixner, M., Liebig, G., & Rosenkranz, P. (2010). The German bee monitoring project: A long term study to understand periodically high winter losses of honey bee colonies. Apidologie, 41(3), 332–335. https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2010014
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goulson, D., Nicholls, E., Botías, C., & Rotheray, E. L. (2015). Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers. Science, 347(6229), 1255957. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1255957
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lee, K. V., Moon, R. D., Burkness, E. C., Hutchison, W. D., & Spivak, M. (2010). Practical sampling plans for Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies and apiaries. Journal of Economic Entomology, 103(4), 1039–1050. https://doi.org/10.1603/ec10037
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ludbrook, J. (2010). Confidence in Altman-Bland plots: A critical review of the method of differences. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, 37(2), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05288.x.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martin, S. J. (1998). A population model for the ectoparasitic mite Varroa jacobsoni in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. Ecological Modelling, 109(3), 267–281. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00059-3
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martin, S. J., Highfield, A. C., Brettell, L., Villalobos, E. M., Budge, G. E., Powell, M., Nikaido, S., & Schroeder, D. C. (2012). Global honey bee viral landscape altered by a parasitic mite. Science, 336(6086), 1304–1306. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1220941
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Perrin, J., Boukadiri, A., Boyard, P., Soubelet, J. B., & Mazoit, J. X. (2020). Hygienic behavior in honey bees and prediction of Varroa nonreproduction in single-drone inseminated (SDI) colonies. Journal of Apicultural Research, 59(2), 185–192. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2019.1673550
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• R Core Team. (2020). R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing. https://www.R-project.org
   Google Scholar
• Ramsey, S. D., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G., Gulbronson, C., Mowery, J. D., Cohen, A., Lim, D., Joklik, J., Cicero, J. M., Ellis, J. D., Hawthorne, D., & vanEngelsdorp, D. (2019). Varroa destructor feeds primarily on honey bee fat body tissue and not hemolymph. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(5), 1792–1801. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818371116
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• van der Zee, R., Gray, A., Pisa, L., & de Rijk, T. (2015). An observational study of honey bee colony winter losses and their association with Varroa destructor, neonicotinoids and other risk factors. PLoS One, 10(7), e0131611. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131611
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xie, X., Huang, Z. Y., & Zeng, Z. (2016). Why do Varroa mites prefer nurse bees? Scientific Reports, 6, 28228. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28228
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar