Evidence from mitochondrial DNA that African honey bees spread as continuous maternal lineages

Nature ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 339 (6221) ◽  
pp. 211-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Glenn Hall ◽  
K. Muralidharan
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
African Honey Bees

scholarly journals Varroa jacobsoni infestation of adult Africanized and Italian honey bees (Apis mellifera) in mixed colonies in Brazil

1999 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraldo Moretto ◽  
Leonidas João de Mello Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Mite Infestation ◽  
Varroa Jacobsoni ◽  
Africanized Honey Bees ◽  
African Honey Bees ◽  
Africanized Bees ◽  
Bee Colonies ◽  
Different Levels

Different levels of infestation with the mite Varroa jacobsoni have been observed in the various Apis mellifera races. In general, bees of European races are more susceptible to the mite than African honey bees and their hybrids. In Brazil honey bee colonies are not treated against the mite, though apparently both climate and bee race influence the mite infestation. Six mixed colonies were made with Italian and Africanized honey bees. The percentage infestation by this parasite was found to be significantly lower in adult Africanized (1.69 ± 0.44) than Italian bees (2.79 ± 0.65). This ratio was similar to that found in Mexico, even though the Africanized bees tested there had not been in contact with varroa, compared to more than 20 years of the coexistence in Brazil. However, mean mite infestation in Brazil on both kinds of bees was only about a third of that found in Mexico.

scholarly journals Mitochondrial DNA Variation of Feral Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) from Utah (USA)

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-232
Author(s):  
Dylan Cleary ◽  
Allen L. Szalanski ◽  
Clinton Trammel ◽  
Mary-Kate Williams ◽  
Amber Tripodi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Dna Variation ◽  
Bee Colony ◽  
The Us ◽  
Coii Gene

Abstract A study was conducted on the mitochondrial DNA genetic diversity of feral colonies and swarms of Apis mellifera from ten counties in Utah by sequencing the intergenic region of the cytochrome oxidase (COI-COII) gene region. A total of 20 haplotypes were found from 174 honey bee colony samples collected from 2008 to 2017. Samples belonged to the A (African) (48%); C (Eastern Europe) (43%); M (Western Europe) (4%); and O (Oriental) lineages (5%). Ten African A lineage haplotypes were observed with two unique to Utah among A lineage haplotypes recorded in the US. Haplotypes belonging to the A lineage were observed from six Utah counties located in the southern portion of the State, from elevations as high as 1357 m. All five C lineage haplotypes that were found have been observed from queen breeders in the US. Three haplotypes of the M lineage (n=7) and two of the O lineage (n=9) were also observed. This study provides evidence that honey bees of African descent are both common and diverse in wild populations of honey bees in southern Utah. The high levels of genetic diversity of A lineage honey bee colonies in Utah provide evidence that the lineage may have been established in Utah before the introduction of A lineage honey bees from Brazil to Texas in 1990.

scholarly journals Genome-wide analysis of signatures of selection in populations of African honey bees (Apis mellifera) using new web-based tools

BMC Genomics ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary L. Fuller ◽  
Elina L. Niño ◽  
Harland M. Patch ◽  
Oscar C. Bedoya-Reina ◽  
Tracey Baumgarten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Genome Wide Analysis ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
African Honey Bees ◽  
Signatures Of Selection

Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the CoxI–CoxII Intergenic Region among Turkish and Iranian Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.)

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 717-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fulya Özdil ◽  
Bahman Fakhri ◽  
Hasan Meydan ◽  
Mehmet Ali Yıldız ◽  
H. Glenn Hall
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Intergenic Region ◽  
Dna Variation

scholarly journals African Honey Bees

Nature ◽  
1936 ◽  
Vol 138 (3484) ◽  
pp. 249-249
Author(s):  
T. D. A. COCKERELL
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees ◽  
African Honey Bees

scholarly journals Neotropical Africanized honey bees have African mitochondrial DNA

Nature ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 339 (6221) ◽  
pp. 213-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Roan Smith ◽  
Orley R Taylor ◽  
Wesley M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Africanized Honey Bees
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