Varroa mite disease, believed to be one of the greatest threats to honey and honeybee pollination in Australia, has been detected in a beekeeper's hive in the Kowen district of the ACT.

Honey bees pollinate $4.6 billion worth of food in Australia, but with the inevitable spread of a parasitic mite and the eventual predicted wipe-out of the feral bee population, farmers are ...

Sask. agriculture specialist Geoff Wilson says the honeybee parasite Varroa mite is causing problems for honey producers. (CBC News) New queen bees are developed by hives every year, but in ...

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There are several theories out there including pesticides and the destructive Varroa mite. But often when they test for these in colony collapse disorder, they are not found.” The Catherine ...

Growers believe Varroa mites may be one of the main factors for losses. Daren Hess of Kingsburg Honey says, "It's in every beehive in the country, and the major problem with these parasitic mites ...

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 National Varroa Mite Management Program (NVMMP), ...

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In the case of other invasive biohazards – think myrtle rust, varroa mite, fire ants – all attempts at destruction are applauded. But the prospect of losing thousands of trees in an attempt to ...

“UBeeO has been known to identify colonies that are able to better resist Varroa mites, but it had not been used to look at other pests or pathogens,” said Alger. “We found this new assay could be ...

Varroa and Tropilaelaps are deadly mites that are devastating honeybee populations around the world. Despite the impact of these pests, beekeepers have limited treatment options to address these mites ...