A hybrid population of Southern California honeybees is showing an unusual ability to fend off deadly Varroa mites, offering ...

The potentially devastating varroa mite, which could wipe out the Australian beekeeping industry, has been detected in Victoria. A bee colony infested with the varroa mite was detected on Wednesday at ...

Varroa mites are a significant threat to bee populations, impacting biodiversity and agriculture. This video explores the ...

Honey bee mortality can be significantly reduced by ensuring that treatments for the parasitic Varroa mite occur within specific timeframes, a new study reveals. The mites—belonging to the species ...

Varroa mites feed on honeybees' fat body tissue, which weakens their immune systems, reduces their body weight, and shortens their lives. The fat body is an organ in bees that, if you were comparing ...

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 ...

Beyond a chain link fence littered with abandoned trolleys, seagulls swoop and ships the size of small cities stacked high with containers dock at Port Melbourne. It's here that Joe Riordan performs ...

As the managed honey bee industry continues to grapple with significant annual colony losses, the Varroa destructor mite is emerging as the leading culprit. And, it turns out, the very nature of ...

See here for an introduction to colony collapse disorder and part 1 of this two-part series. Africanized bees, more often known as "killer bees," have earned notoriety as opportunistic attackers of, ...

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 ...

Seemingly indestructible Varroa mites have decimated honeybee populations and are a primary cause of colony collapse disorder, or CCD. Scientists have found genetic holes in the pests' armor that ...