Researchers believe that they have pinpointed the cause of a history-making recent honey bee die-off, and what they found ...

About 60 per cent of U.S. bees died off this year - which keepers have described as 'depressingly sad' with potential ...

In the face of colony collapse, some beekeepers are foregoing insecticides and opting instead to breed bees with mite-resistant behaviors.

While honey producers and beekeepers have ways to treat varroa-infested hives, the bees themselves also have a few tricks up their sleeve.

A parasitic Varroa mite is attached to a European honey bee. Varroa mites, which spread diseases, have become widely immune to the most common insecticide used against them. (Courtesy USDA ...

New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service sheds light on the causes behind the ...

Without honeybees, we would lose most commercial honey production, and many fruit, nut, and vegetable crops would see reduced ...

USDA blames virus spreading mite for 60% loss of bee colonies, among other stressors. About 80% of food crops in U.S. relies on pollination by bees.

The Honey Bee Health Coalition says all Varroa mites collected from the affected colonies tested positive for a genetic marker linked to resistance to amitraz, the most commonly used miticide in ...

Sunshine Coast beekeepers are being encouraged to stay vigilant as an outbreak of a destructive mite threatens local hives.

Researchers find viruses from miticide-resistant parasitic mites are cause of recent honey bee colony collapses by Autumn Canaday, Agricultural Research Service ...

A recently detected pest in the Aussie bush may be microscopic in size, but its impact on native bees and Queensland ...