The Finocchiaro CLP Government is strengthening the Territory's biosecurity and pastoral land regulations to safeguard key industries, including the ...

The honey and beekeeping industry has estimated nearly 1.6 million of the U.S.'s 3 million honeybee colonies were lost over ...

S ammy Ramsey was having a hard time getting information. It was 2019, and he was in Thailand, researching parasites that kill bees. But Ramsey was struggling to get one particular Thai beekeeper to ...

Researchers will look into the leading causes of honey bee hive loss, the varroa mite, also known as the Varroa destructor, and the viruses it carries. The mite attaches itself to honey bees, ...

Varroa mites and small hive beetles are threatening Australian honey producers. Here’s how backyard beekeepers, and everyday ...

Another problem is the host range of FMD. Besides managed livestock, in Australia FMD virus could infect feral pigs, feral ...

particularly from the red mite and scaly leg mite. A poultry expert advises on how to effectively identify, manage, and control these pests. Mites pose a significant threat to poultry health ...

Slater, however, believes a long-time enemy of the honeybee is likely to blame: the varroa mite, a parasite that feeds on bees and transmits viruses. He said the mites have appeared more resistant to ...

New funding for Northwestern Polytechnic’s National Bee Diagnostic Centre (NBDC) may lead to finding solutions to protecting honey bees. The NBDC received $195,000 from the Results Driven Agriculture ...

Nate Sperry, the president of the Hampden County Beekeepers Association, says that one of the biggest threats to the bee population is the Varroa Mite, an arachnid that gestates in honeybee eggs.