Spider venoms contain ingredients that could lead to a new treatment to protect honeybees from the deadly Varroa destructor ...

For decades, beekeepers have fought a tiny parasite called Varroa destructor, which has devastated honey-bee colonies around the world. But an even deadlier mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae—or "tropi"—is ...

Queensland researchers are testing novel ways to kill varroa mites, which have developed a resistance to standard treatments.

Varroa is more than just a beekeeping problem. Managed honeybees underpin a significant portion of Australian agriculture, ...

The Honey Bee Health Coalition has jut released the ninth edition of its Tools for Varroa Management Guide. The guide ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 13 (UPI) --Primates aren't the only animals who groom one another. New research suggests some species of honeybees battle parasitic varroa mite infections by grooming. The ...

The idea that native species are better appears to hold true in the United States as well. Hybrids that settled long ago in Southern California were found to be more resistant to parasites than ...

The drastic decline in global honeybee populations is no secret. The phenomenon has been named “colony collapse syndrome,” and though it’s not clear what factors led up to it, entomologist Samuel ...

In a new study published in the Journal of Apicultural Research, scientists have compared the ability of two strains of honey bees to defend themselves against the parasitic mite varroa by grooming ...

Baton Rouge, La., April 7, 2022—Pol-line honey bees, a type of Varroa mite resistant honey bee developed by the Agricultural Research Service, are more than twice as likely to survive through the ...

FEW PESTS are more feared by apiarists than the aptly named Varroa destructor. This mite, originally a parasite of Apis cerana, the Asian honey bee, has plagued Apis mellifera, cerana’s western cousin ...