[concrete-bees]

does the varroa attack the other social wasp like they do the honeybees?

and if not WHY ???

wondering if there is a chemical they they give off that protects them from mights --

this is also of the other diseases as well......

 

[MrJeff]

does the varroa attack the other social wasp like they do the honeybees?

and if not WHY ???

wondering if there is a chemical they they give off that protects them from mights --

this is also of the other diseases as well......

I know that they are sometimes afflicted with maybes.

Seriously, though, that is a good question. Curious to know what the answer is.

 

[concrete-bees]

darn fingers typing the wrong words --
haha - thanks jeff

but it is a good question - next time i find a large bald faced hornet nest ill jab my hand right on in there and test for mites !!!! haha

ill tell ya all about it !!!!!

 

[WLC]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2256338

http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators/members

'We are developing genomic resources for Varroa mites, a serious pest of honey bees, fire ants, and the paper wasp Polistes dominulus, both excellent models for study the evolution of social behavior.'

http://flaentsoc.org/09festufts_hunter_integrate.pdf

Now we know how they got viruses integrated into their genome (varroa has DWV integrated into its genome as well).

 

[Robert Brenchley]

Maybe wasp larvae don't produce whatever substance it is that attracts the mites to them.

 

[HarryVanderpool]

Varroa cannot live apart from it's apis host.
No other host has been discovered that will suuport varroa's reproduction cycle, although it has been rumored that bombus is a possibility.
Just look at varroa's reproductive cycle and wasps, hornets, etc The answer is plain as day ; NO.

 

[Reef Resiner]

Last year in my yard I saw a bunch of yellow jackets with brown/reddish mites on them. Some of them had more than 1 Mite on them. Was it varroa? Looked like it. Next year I will take pictures if I see it again.

 

[rwlaw]

I've seen pictures of beetles with what appeared to varroa on them, there was no footnote so there's no way of knowing if it was destructor or not.

 

[snapper1d]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2256338

http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators/members

'We are developing genomic resources for Varroa mites, a serious pest of honey bees, fire ants, and the paper wasp Polistes dominulus, both excellent models for study the evolution of social behavior.'

http://flaentsoc.org/09festufts_hunter_integrate.pdf

Now we know how they got viruses integrated into their genome (varroa has DWV integrated into its genome as well).

If they can get varroa mites onto fire ants I would be tickled!!! Fire ants are everywhere.