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Barbara Locke
Researcher at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Publications - 37
Citations - 1694
Barbara Locke is an academic researcher from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Varroa destructor & Varroa. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 31 publications receiving 1326 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara Locke include University of Guelph.
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Standard methods for varroa research
Vincent Dietemann,Francesco Nazzi,Stephen J. Martin,Denis L. Anderson,Barbara Locke,Keith S. Delaplane,Quentin Wauquiez,Cindy Tannahill,Eva Frey,Bettina Ziegelmann,Peter Rosenkranz,James D. Ellis +11 more
TL;DR: This paper provides easy to use protocols for the collection, identification, diagnosis, rearing, breeding, marking and measurement of infestation rates and fertility of V. destructor and describes pros and cons for all methods for the user to know which method to use under which circumstances.
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Acaricide Treatment Affects Viral Dynamics in Varroa destructor-Infested Honey Bee Colonies via both Host Physiology and Mite Control
TL;DR: The results indicate that other factors besides Varroa mite infestation may be important to the development and maintenance of damaging DWV titers in colonies, and possible biochemical explanations for the observed synergistic effects between tau-fluvalinate and virus infections are discussed.
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Natural Varroa mite-surviving Apis mellifera honeybee populations
TL;DR: This review synthesizes the work on naturally occurring survival to Varroa mites and discusses what these honeybee populations can signify for apiculture.
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Characteristics of honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera) in Sweden surviving Varroa destructor infestation
Barbara Locke,Ingemar Fries +1 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that colony-level adaptive traits may limit mite population growth by reducing mite reproduction opportunities and also by suppressing the mite reproductive success.
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Host adaptations reduce the reproductive success of Varroa destructor in two distinct European honey bee populations
TL;DR: This study shows that two of these “natural” honey bee populations, in Avignon, France and Gotland, Sweden, have in fact evolved resistant traits that reduce the fitness of the mite, thereby reducing the parasitic load within the colony to evade the development of overt viral infections.