Comparison of direct and indirect method to measure in grooming behavior Apis mellifera bee colonies infested with Varroa Destructor
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The varroosis is an external parasitosis caused by the mite Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman 2000 ) affecting bees Apis mellifera . Mite adversely affects bees and vector serving as bacteria, viruses and fungi , increasing the incidence of various diseases (Ball , 1994, Martin 2001). The species Apis cerana , the mite has adapted due to resistance mechanisms developed by the long period of adaptation that has existed between them ( Ritter 1981 ) , adaptation has not occurred in bees A. mellifera . One of the most studied mechanisms of resistance is grooming behavior , which is that the worker bees perform vigorous movements of the chest and abdomen , and cleanse your body with the legs and jaws. The direct method is founded on artificially infested with adult female bees of varroa.El indirect method is basically doing the counting and individual analysis mites collectors fall into traps placed on the floor of the work aims colmenas.El grooming behavior studied through the measurement of the reaction time of the bees to a varroa placement on the body (direct method) and quantifying the number of mites injured (indirect method ) in different genotypes clustered colonies and estimating the correlation coefficient between the reaction time in seconds and the total injured mites . Direct evaluation was performed individually observing grooming behavior 100 bees from each of the colonies of the different experimental groups via two repetitions (50 bees repetición.La indirect evaluation grooming behavior was performed through quantification mites which damage occurred only apparent legs idiosoma only and combination and idiosoma leg injuries
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