Dear moderator!

I would like to contribute to the thread "Unidentified behavioral traits".

There is another research paper that mentions such unidentified traits,
which I would like bring to your notice.

Research was done in The Netherlands with two separate groups of
beecolonies ( each n= 50, control group n=20).

Article can be found:

Delphine Panziera, Frank van Langevelde & Tjeerd Blacquière (2017) Varroa
sensitive hygiene contributes to naturally selected varroa resistance in
honey bees, Journal of
Apicultural Research, 56:5, 635-642, DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2017.1351860
To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2017.1351860

Geert van Eizenga
Groningen, The Netherlands






2018-04-03 14:24 GMT+02:00 Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>:

> Yet another study reports mite resistant bees, and touts the potential,
> but actually fails to identify the mechanism, referring to "unidentified
> behavioral traits."
>
> To mitigate the global impact of V. destructor, we suggest learning more
> from nature, i.e., identifying the obviously efficient mechanisms favored
> by natural selection.
>
> Our data support the claim that a reduced V. destructor mite reproductive
> success seems to be a key factor in natural colony survival. However,
> grooming and VSH are unlikely for this Norwegian case. Instead, yet
> unidentified behavioral traits of worker bees seem sufficient to explain
> reduced mite reproductive success. The underlying mechanisms remain elusive
> and should be a focus of future studies taking advantage of
> naturally-selected survivors.
>
> It is therefore high time we take advantage of these cases and gain a
> better understanding of natural host adaptations for a practical
> application in apiculture and honey bee conservation worldwide.
>
> Oddie, Melissa AY, Bjørn Dahle, and Peter Neumann. "Norwegian honey bees
> surviving Varroa destructor mite infestations by means of natural
> selection." PeerJ 5 (2017): e3956.
>
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