The Varroa destructor mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a massive threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey producers, and agricultural sectors that largely rely ...

As one of the nation’s top beekeeping states, Texas bees are responsible for producing over 7 million pounds of honey annually, and pollinating a variety of crops all across the U.S. But, over the ...

Beekeepers have another tool at their disposal to fight Varroa mite with the roll-out of a new online training program.Launched and developed by the ...

Varroa destructor mite has been found in southern Queensland, the first detection of the world's worst bee-killing parasite ...

Researchers say Australia is in a unique position to prepare native species for the impacts of the Varroa destructor—a mite ...

A majority of beekeepers around the country have lost at least half of their honey bees in a mysterious disappearance over ...

Varroa mites in particular have been a common pest for honey bees, Slater added. The mites are often able to spread viruses that honey bees are not immune to, he said, making it difficult to ...

Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, ...

The spread of the deadly varroa mite across Australia poses a major threat to both honeybee populations and native ...

there are often five key reasons why honey bee colonies collapse: parasites like the Varroa mite, pathogens, pesticides, poor nutrition among the bees and weak queen bees, who are responsible for ...