HONEY BEE Apis cerana terrorizes VARROA MITE

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In our search for the perfect honey bee, I am covering the main scientific discoveries about genetic traits already found related to varroa mite-resistant honey bees. In this video, video 03 of the video series, I talk about interesting discoveries in Apis cerana, the Asian honey bee, showing how they handle Varroa mites without human intervention.
Can beekeepers and researchers use this interesting information from Asian honey bees to help the European honey bees?
Is this the oldest way to help honey bees to fight Varroa mites?
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[flamespirit]

from a corner of Asia my bees love to watch ur vdos:) Just keep it up we r glad to find a researcher like u❣

[FrederickDunn]

Hello Dr. Humerto! This presentation is flawlessly put together, and I really enjoyed spending my coffee break watching. I hope you have a fantastic week! Thank you, as always.

[johnhenson]

I believe from other reading that Melliferous drones are preferred by varroa mite queens as a food source for laying their eggs and later varroa larvae can dine out on the drone.

[ToBeeOrNotToBeHoney]

They worker brood cycle is much shorter than Apis Melifera giving the mite much less time in the capped cell to reproduce. Fewer mature female mite can be produced in this shorter time which gives them a huge advantage (or rather Melifera has a big penalty to pay for the longer cycle). Every extra day produces one more mite per cell...

[matousvybiral]

Thank You very mutch Mr Doctor Boncristiani summing up these significant points. I myself am a very active beekeeper, originally from the Czech Republic, specifically in the south of Moravia. We are the country with the highest density of bee colonies and beekeepers. Most are over 60 years old. I'm going to the point of why I write. I treat varroa mites in combination every year, but for the most part with a so-called biological trap. I have colony mortality in the single digit percentages. A beekeeper friend from another part of Bohemia has a mortality rate of up to 50 percent in some habitats.
What all possible viral diseases can Varroa transmit?

[panduhegde]

This is fantastic information on Apis cerana! Thanx.

[fanatamon]

⁠did the mite infestation fade afterwards? Have your bees been alright since then? We are just about to get a dose of them in NSW Australia for the first time.

[spudgn]

Thanks Dr Humerto. I’m planning on raising bees Apis and meliponia in the Philippines. I need them for pollination and hope to convince my fellow province residents to keep bees or at least watch over mine. Apis Cerana seems to be the local feral honey bee and Tetragonula Boroi the stingless bee. I’m struggling with the stingless names as many varieties live in the Philippines and all have local names. Kyowat kululut etc.

[blujen]

Very interesting. Thank you. What triggers grooming?

[MKIVJZGT]

What is the ratio of the apple cider vinegar to water does John use to spray on his bees?

[professorbean]

We have the Asian dwarf honey bee in Los Angeles. Their stinger is too small to be afraid of. They are very docile. We welcome them.

[Lanes]

Hello. I just discovered your channel today. Thank for the great content. I was wondering, do you have a video of identification of bee species? I have about 10 hives I’ve collected over the last few years and have no idea what varieties they are. Would love to know. Thank you so much, I am happy to support your work any way I can. ❤️

[reines-des-truffieres-]

the best adaptation would be for bees carrying a varroa mite to be ejected from the hive or to leave it voluntarily....but there is no research protocol on this subject

[Joseph-Colin-EXP]

The drones are by definition expendable. So the workers are a legitimate drag on the colony, but the drones are not necessarily. So getting ris of the infected brood that becomes forages is paramount. But a drone mating, with or with out mites doesn't matter. Either way the drones doesn't come back to contribute to the colony.

[aidanquick]

Quick question, I read that wood vinegar is effective against red chicken mites. Would this be effective against Varroa?

[timbangan]

Sir can we put apis cerana in a beehive box sir?

as far as i have seen, European bees were transported/used in Asia because of better honey production than domestic Asian. but they were not ready for giant hornets as Japanese bees are. this video brings new light (well, for me certainly) on Asian bee as a better fighter in numerous ways, varoa at first.

i wonder - how many hives with Asian bees are in Europe, how do they handle with domestic Europeans conditions?

just found this channel, wonder how that didn't happened before. thanks. will keep learning from you.

[tomdooley]

Here in NZ my bee's are NZ native cross they are jet black smaller than normal with three in time the sting beekeepers here don't breed them they're angry to but no mite none my other Canadian bee hives all had mite plus the back bee's work twice as fast the hives are very very clean

[andrzejzuchow]

To bardzo ważne dla pszczelarzy ! Bo pszczoły mają kłopoty. Pozdrawiam!

[peterlightbody]

I noticed you said that varroa been around for thousands of years, yet I think it's only been in USA for 50 years or so, so what date was varroa first discovered and in what country .Peter 🇦🇺