Prevalence of Varroa and association of Colony Collapse Disorder in apiaries in Urmia suburb, Iran

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

3 DVM student, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

Abstract

Honey bee ectoparasites infestations may affect the insect and cause the population reduction and economic damage in apiculture system. The present study was aimed to determine the Prevalence of Varroa and association of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in apiaries in Urmia suburb, Iran, over one year (2017- 2018). A total of 840 beehives of 120 apiaries in Urmia suburb were randomly sampled. Of those, 301 bees (35.83%) and 190 bee larvae (18.33%) were infested with Varroa. The highest infestation was found in bees and bee larvae in summer. 93 out of 840 apiaries had CCD signs. 61 out of 93 apiaries (65.59%) with CCD were infested to Varroa. There was a significant relation between CCD and Varroa (p <0/05). From the results of this work, it was concluded that Varroa mites are a prevalent ectoparasite in apiaries of Urmia suburb which may have an important role in the incidence of CCD.

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Veterinary Research & Biological Products
Volume 33, Issue 1
March 2020
Pages 41-46

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  • Receive Date: 23 January 2019
  • Revise Date: 11 April 2019
  • Accept Date: 20 April 2019

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