While the spread of the exotic pest, varroa mite, has been a disaster for Australia’s commercial honey production, it’s not all bad news for Australian native bee species. Reductions in domestic hive ...

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 ...

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), ...

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 ...

“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 ...

"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," Alger says. "We found this new assay could be ...

"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 pest or pathogens," Alger says. "We found this new assay could be ...

They published their findings today in Frontiers in Bee Science. “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 pest ...

Varroa mite (arrowed) can cause hive destruction and spread bee viruses. Photo by MaYcaL Beekeepers have another tool at their disposal to fight Varroa mite, with the rollout of a new online ...

Now, researchers at the University of North Carolina Greensboro are working on a new tool to combat one of the major causes of honeybee declines: the parasitic mite Varroa destructor and the numerous ...