Quiz: What do you know about varroa?

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Take this short true-or-false quiz and be ready to identify this threat to honeybee health

1. Adult varroa can be described as being reddish in colour with two sets of four legs set on the front part of the body. True/False?

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2. Only one species of varroa is a parasite of European honey bees. True/False?

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3. Varroa can breed only in the brood box of a bee hive. True/False?

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4. Varroa can easily be detected on adult honey bees. True/False?

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5. A sugar shake is the best way to detect varroa in a honey bee colony. True/False?

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Image: DPI Tocal

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6. The life cycle of the varroa is closely linked to the development of drone brood. True/False?

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Female adult varroa destructor on the head of a bee nymph. Photo By Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium [CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons]

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7. As soon as a mated mature female varroa mite enters a mature larvae brood cell, she will commence laying eggs. True/False?

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8. The mature female varroa will lay thousands of eggs in a single brood cell. True/False?

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9. Only the female varroa mite can travel large distances. True/False?

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10. The female varroa born in one cell will go to lay young in other cells. True/False?

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11. The growth rate of varroa is exponential and so a huge population can develop in a bee colony in one season. True/False?

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12. The male varroa is formed from an unfertilized egg, just as a drone is formed from an unfertilized egg. True/False?

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13. Varroa provide a mechanism for the rapid transfer of viruses in bee populations. True/False?

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14. Screened bottom boards are often used for varroa control. True/False?

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15. Varroa is not a threat to Apis cerana (Asian honey bees). True/False?

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This form was created inside of Amateur Beekeeper's Association of NSW (Inc).