• Honey bee predisposition of resistance to ubiquitous mite infestations 

      Broeckx, Bart J G; De Smet, Lina; Blacquiere, Tjeerd; Maebe, Kevin; Khalenkow, Mikalai; Van Poucke, Mario; Dahle, Bjørn Steinar; Neumann, Peter; Bach Nguyen, Kim; Smagghe, Guy; Deforce, Dieter; Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip; Peelman, Luc; de Graaf, Dirk C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Host-parasite co-evolution history is lacking when parasites switch to novel hosts. this was the case for Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) when the ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, switched hosts from eastern honey ...