How the Infestation Level of Varroa destructor Affects the Distribution Pattern of Multi-Infested Cells in Worker Brood of Apis mellifera
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:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
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Comb | Number of Sealed Brood Cells | Number of Infested Cells | Number of Foundress Mites | Percentage of Infestation a | Mean Number of Foundress Mites Per Infested Cell |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 483 | 8 | 8 | 1.7 | 1.0 |
2 | 1725 | 36 | 40 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
3 | 738 | 22 | 24 | 3.0 | 1.1 |
4 | 442 | 16 | 19 | 3.6 | 1.2 |
5 | 545 | 20 | 22 | 3.7 | 1.1 |
6 | 1378 | 51 | 53 | 3.7 | 1.0 |
7 | 374 | 26 | 28 | 7.0 | 1.1 |
8 | 445 | 40 | 49 | 9.0 | 1.2 |
9 | 738 | 89 | 116 | 12.1 | 1.3 |
10 | 1652 | 218 | 253 | 13.2 | 1.2 |
11 | 466 | 77 | 88 | 16.5 | 1.1 |
12 | 740 | 145 | 191 | 19.6 | 1.3 |
13 | 256 | 78 | 141 | 30.5 | 1.8 |
14 | 691 | 227 | 345 | 32.9 | 1.5 |
15 | 1040 | 368 | 597 | 35.4 | 1.6 |
16 | 1066 | 449 | 818 | 42.1 | 1.8 |
17 | 215 | 101 | 236 | 47.0 | 2.3 |
18 | 160 | 103 | 259 | 64.4 | 2.5 |
19 | 265 | 197 | 549 | 74.3 | 2.8 |
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Floris, I.; Pusceddu, M.; Satta, A. How the Infestation Level of Varroa destructor Affects the Distribution Pattern of Multi-Infested Cells in Worker Brood of Apis mellifera. Vet. Sci. 2020, 7, 136. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7030136
Floris I, Pusceddu M, Satta A. How the Infestation Level of Varroa destructor Affects the Distribution Pattern of Multi-Infested Cells in Worker Brood of Apis mellifera. Veterinary Sciences. 2020; 7(3):136. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7030136
Chicago/Turabian StyleFloris, Ignazio, Michelina Pusceddu, and Alberto Satta. 2020. "How the Infestation Level of Varroa destructor Affects the Distribution Pattern of Multi-Infested Cells in Worker Brood of Apis mellifera" Veterinary Sciences 7, no. 3: 136. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7030136