Australia's honeybees are facing an exceptional crisis. The tiny but devastating foreign pest Varroa destructor is steadily ...

The tiny but devastating foreign pest Varroa destructor is steadily spreading across the country. The mite feeds on baby ... Honey also contains 18% water, so you may need to reduce the amounts ...

The tiny but devastating foreign pest Varroa destructor is steadily spreading across the country. The mite feeds on baby bees (larvae ... Honey also contains 18% water, so you may need to reduce the ...

Queensland's borders closed to travelling beekeepers when the world's worst bee parasite, Varroa destructor mite, was detected in Newcastle in June 2022. In dry times Australia's 1,800 commercial ...

Sammy Ramsey was having a hard time getting information. It was 2019, and he was in Thailand, researching parasites that kill bees. But Ramsey was struggling to get one particular Thai beekeeper ...

Researchers will look into the leading causes of honey bee hive loss, the varroa mite, also known as the Varroa destructor, and the viruses it carries. The mite attaches itself to honey bees ...

Brandon Hopkins, WSU’s P.F. Thurber Endowed Distinguished Professor of Pollinator Ecology, is involved with varroa mite control, commercial management practices and new research on bee nutrition.

Varroa mites find their way into beehives by hitching a ride on bees as they forage for nectar and then are transported back to the hive and to brood cells, where freshly laid mite eggs develop into ...