Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) are helping American beekeepers solve the mystery behind a widespread honey bee colony collapse and its ...

Australia's honeybees are facing an exceptional crisis. The tiny but devastating foreign pest Varroa destructor is steadily spreading across the country. The mite feeds on baby bees (larvae), ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) For decades, Australia was the last inhabited continent free of the bee-killing Varroa mite (Varroa destructor). That all changed in June 2022, when Varroa was detected near ...

Every year, up to half the honeybee colonies in the U.S. die. Varroa mites, the bees’ ghastly parasites, are one of the main culprits. After hitching a ride into a hive, a mite mom hides in a ...

The biosecurity zone in the state of New South Wales (NSW) continues to grow as more varroa mites were found in beehives in the Riverina and Sunraysia regions, prompting a new emergency order (pdf).

Scientists believe massive honey bee die-offs were caused by alarmingly high levels of viral infections from parasitic Varroa mites — the tiny arachnids had genetic resistance to the most common ...

A tiny parasitic mite that lives on the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) has breached Australia’s border quarantine and been detected in managed bee hives in New South Wales. This is bad news for ...

This deadly parasite could change beekeeping in Australia forever. Bees are vital to our survival. They help pollinate our food and keep our ecosystem in balance. Without them, there would be massive ...

FEW PESTS are more feared by apiarists than the aptly named Varroa destructor. This mite, originally a parasite of Apis cerana, the Asian honey bee, has plagued Apis mellifera, cerana’s western cousin ...

A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite, new research shows. A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight ...

The federal government body in charge of pest control has announced Australia will abandon efforts on eradicating the Varroa mite. This parasitic mite (Varroa destructor) lives in honey bee colonies, ...

Beekeepers and scientists are helping honeybees fight off varroa mites. Every year, up to half the honeybee colonies in the U.S. die. Varroa mites, the bees’ ghastly parasites, are one of the main ...