Claim · #6495945
Varroa destructor · pest pressure · Apis mellifera
pest pressure · effect: harmful
ectoparasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“most managed honey bee, Apis mellifera, colonies are infected by the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor”
- Source
- Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers
- Authors
- Potts S.G., Biesmeijer J.C., Kremen C., Neumann P., Schweiger O., Kunin W.E.
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- Trends in Ecology and Evolution
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Varroa destructor as globally distributed ectoparasite of Apis mellifera causing major colony losses is well-established.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Varroa destructor ectoparasitism on Apis mellifera with near-global distribution and high impact is textbook apiculture entomology.”
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