Literatuur
Biologie Varroa:
Hayo Velthuis and Bernhard Kraus. The impact of humidity and temperature gradients in the brood nest of honey bees on the reproduction of Varroa jacobsoni Oud.: Laboratory observations.
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Africanized Honey Bees and Bee Mites.
Hayo Velthuis and Bernhard Kraus. The impact of humidity and temperature gradients in the brood nest of honey bees on the reproduction of Varroa jacobsoni Oud.: Field experiments.
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Africanized Honey Bees and Bee Mites.
Coby van Dooremalen et al. (2012). Winter survival of individual honey bees and honey bee colonies depends on level of Varroa destructor infestation. PLoS ONE 7(4): e36285. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036285.
Samuel D. Ramsey et al. (2019). Varroa destructor feeds primarily on honey bee fat body tissue and not hemolymph. https://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1818371116.
Mijtpopulatie in volken met jonge en oude moeren verschillend?
Diagnose:
Benjamin Dainat et al. (2011). A scientific note on the ant pitfall for quantitative diagnosis of Varroa destructor. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0071-3.
Varroatolerantie:
B. Locke (2016). Natural Varroa mite-surviving Apis mellifera populations. Apidologie Vol 47 (3): 467-482.
Melissa A.Y. Oddie, Bjørn Dahle and Peter Neumann (2017). Norwegian honey bees surviving Varroa destructor mite infestations by means of natural selection. PeerJ 5:e3956; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3956.
VSH-gedrag:
R. Büchler, S. Berg and Yves Le Conte (2010). Breeding for resistance to Varroa destructor in Europe. Apidologie 41 (3): 393-408.
Maria J. Kirrane et al. (2015). Phenotypic and genetic analyses of the Varroa Sensitive Hygienic Trait in Russian honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies. PLOS ONE | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116672.
Thomas E. Rinderer, Jeffrey W. Harris, Gregory J. Hunt and Lilia I. de Guzman (2010). Breeding for resistance to Varroa destructor in North America. EDP Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/apido/2010015.
Tjeerd Blacquière. Hygiënisch gedrag tegen de Varroamijt.