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Apidologie
Volume 23, Number 1, 1992
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| Page(s) | 25 - 31 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:19920103 | |
Apidologie 23 (1992) 25-31
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19920103
a Agricultural University, Bee Diseases Research Laboratory, Lublin, Poland
b Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Department of Insect Pathology, Akademicka 19, Lublin, Poland
Key words: Varroa jacobsoni / Serratia marcescens / carrier / bacterial infection / septicaemia
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19920103
Varroa jacobsoni as a carrier of bacterial infections to a recipient bee host
Z. Glinskia and J. Jaroszba Agricultural University, Bee Diseases Research Laboratory, Lublin, Poland
b Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Department of Insect Pathology, Akademicka 19, Lublin, Poland
Abstract - Using Serratia marcescens as an indicator bacterium and the worker brood of the honey bee, experiments have shown that Varroa jacobsoni transmits bacterial infections to a recipient bee host. Integument and haemolymph of brood artificially contaminated with S marcescens, preferably individuals with Serratia septicaemia, were the source of bacterial contamination of the mites. The infected parasites during feeding carry S marcescens to about 20% of the healthy brood.
Key words: Varroa jacobsoni / Serratia marcescens / carrier / bacterial infection / septicaemia