varroa

See also: Varroa

English

A honeybee with deformed wings attributed to deformed wing virus, which is transmitted by Varroa destructor

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name Varroa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈɹəʊə/

Noun

varroa (uncountable)

1. (beekeeping, chiefly New Zealand) Infestation with the mite Varroa destructor, or the disease caused by such mites.

   These bees are resistant to varroa.

   • 2009 January 29, Don Farmer, “Shop forced to shut as bees swarm”, in Wairarapa Times-Age‎^[1]:

     Swarms were reasonably common place in rural areas when New Zealand had a large feral bee population but few wild bees now survive due to varroa disease.

Usage notes

The damage caused by varroa appears to be a combination of that caused by the mites and by viruses transmitted by them, in particular deformed wing virus (DWV). Varroa has been suggested as a possible cause of colony collapse disorder.

Synonyms

• (condition of infestation of a colony by Varroa mites): varroatosis, varroosis

See also

• colony collapse disorder
• deformed wing virus, DWV

Further reading

• Varroa destructor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Deformed wing virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Deformed wing virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• List of diseases of the honey bee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Varroa, named after Roman polymath Mārcus Terentius Varrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /varˈrɔ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Hyphenation: var‧rò‧a

Noun

varroa f (plural varroe)

1. the mite Varroa destructor

Further reading

• varroa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana