Life-history stage determines the diet of ectoparasitic mites on their honey bee hosts
Life-history stage determines the diet of ectoparasitic mites on their honey bee hosts
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Han, Bin , Wu, Jiangli , Wei, Qiaohong , Liu, Fengying , Cui, Lihong , Rueppell, Olav and Xu, Shufa
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Ectoparasitic mites of the genera
Varroa
and
Tropilaelaps
have evolved to exclusively exploit honey bees as food sources during alternating dispersal and reproductive life history stages. Here we show that the primary food source utilized by
Varroa destructor
depends on the host life history stage. While feeding on adult bees, dis...
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Life-history stage determines the diet of ectoparasitic mites on their honey bee hosts
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_982213d102fd443db44fee9556aeb0e2
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_982213d102fd443db44fee9556aeb0e2
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2041-1723
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2041-1723
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10.1038/s41467-024-44915-x
