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:
      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.

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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
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