The honeybee mite, Varroa destructor, finally breached Australia's biosecurity defenses four years ago, and is here to stay.
The Honey Bee Health Coalition has jut released the ninth edition of its Tools for Varroa Management Guide. The guide ...
The Varroa destructor mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a massive threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey producers, and agricultural sectors that largely rely on bees ...
A new report warns of a massive pollination shortfall in Australia this year as varroa mite wipes out hives and forces beekeepers out.
The Honey Bee Health Coalition released the ninth edition of its popular Tools for Varroa Management Guide. The guide ...
With many managed colonies under threat from the invasive varroa mite, Queensland beekeepers are trying to find ways to protect their industry.
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 ...
This deadly parasite could change beekeeping in Australia forever. Bees are vital to our survival. They help pollinate our food and keep our ecosystem in balance. Without them, there would be massive ...
A tiny foe threatens Australian beekeepers’ livelihood, our food supply and the national economy. First detected in New South Wales in 2022, the Varroa mite is now established in Australia. The ...
Bee populations worldwide have been collapsing under attack from parasitic Varroa mites. Now, these mites have reached Australia. Professor Sasha Mikheyev from The Australian National University (ANU) ...
Among the many threats to honey bee colonies around the world, one stands alone: the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor. For decades, researchers assumed that varroa mites feed on blood, like many of ...
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 ...
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