title: Generic sample from Varroa destructor
organism: Varroa destructor
description: Approximately 1200 mites isolated from a single colony in the 'Mushroom' apiary of the USDA-ARS Bee Research Lab, Beltsville, MD, USA.  Mites are all of the 'Korean' mitochondrial haplotype and representative of the predominant V. destructor lineage found on all beekeeping continents except for Australia.
attributes.tag: collection-date
attributes.value: 2008-09
attributes.tag: country
attributes.value: USA: Beltsville, MD
attributes.tag: isolation-source
attributes.value: 2000 mites collected from colony 45 in the 'Mushroom' apiary of the USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory
attributes.tag: lat-lon
attributes.value: 39.0415160 N 76.8639570 W
attributes.tag: strain
attributes.value: Korean