Generic sample from Varroa destructor
Varroa destructor
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.
collection-date
2008-09
country
USA: Beltsville, MD
isolation-source
2000 mites collected from colony 45 in the 'Mushroom' apiary of the USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory
lat-lon
39.0415160 N 76.8639570 W
strain
Korean