The New Zealand National Beekeepers Association (NBA) has endorsed the Varroa Management Group's decision to test and treat all known hives within 5kms of Waiouru to ensure local bee populations have ...

A new breed of honey bees, named “Pol-line”, has been selectively bred to identify and remove the Varroa mite from their colonies, which has been a major threat to honey bees for half a century. This ...

NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has confirmed the first case of Varroa mite pyrethroid resistance in the state ...

Commercial apiarists and state bee inspectors now have a fast new way to check Varroa mites for this honeybee parasite's resistance to the pesticides coumaphos and fluvalinate. Commercial ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 10, 2024) An article last month in Entomology Today, a publication of the Entomological Society of America, highlights the important findings of a study published earlier this ...

A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite, new research shows. A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight ...

In 2006, there was a massive decline in the honey bee population. The media picked up the story and have yet to put it down. Everyone all of a sudden became aware of the importance of honey bees. They ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The nation's honeybees are dying at an alarming rate. A recent study found that Minnesota beekeepers lost more than 50 percent of their bees last year. Varroa mites can kill colonies, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tropi’s natural host is the giant honey-bee (Apis dorsata), common across South and Southeast Asia. At some point, the mite jumped ...

The Varroa mite, also known as Varroa destructor, is a tiny red-brown parasite that clings to the outside of a honey bee’s body, feeding off the bee's body fat. Varroa mite infestation leads to ...